United Kingdom weather records

Reliable temperature records for the whole of the United Kingdom go back to about 1880.

Shetland holds the unofficial British record for wind speed.

An earlier gust in 1962 was recorded at 177 mph (285 km/h), both at RAF Saxa Vord.

[12] However, it is expected that higher gusts than those reported would have been achieved as during both storms the measuring equipment was destroyed by the extreme weather.

[13] A wind gust of 194 mph (312 km/h) was recorded at Cairn Gorm on 19 December 2008 but was discovered too late to be verified by the Met Office.