Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, it has a mostly oceanic climate.
Temperature records
The highest temperature ever recorded in Wales was 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) on 18 July 2022 in Hawarden, Flintshire.[1]
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Wales was −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F) on 21 January 1940 in Rhayader, Radnorshire.
Top 10 warmest days measured in Wales[2]
| Rank
|
Temperature
|
Date
|
Location
|
| 1.
|
37.1 °C (98.8 °F)
|
18 July 2022
|
Hawarden
|
| 2.
|
36.2 °C (97.2 °F)
|
19 July 2022
|
Hawarden
|
| 3.
|
35.2 °C (95.4 °F)
|
2 August 1990
|
Hawarden
|
| 4.
|
34.6 °C (94.3 °F)
|
3 August 1990
|
Crossway
|
| 5.
|
34.6 °C (94.3 °F)
|
19 July 2006
|
Rogerddan
|
| 6.
|
33.6 °C (92.5 °F)
|
3 July 1976
|
Usk
|
| 7.
|
33.5 °C (92.3 °F)
|
1 August 1995
|
Cardiff
|
| 8.
|
33.5 °C (92.3 °F)
|
28 June 1976
|
Usk
|
| 9.
|
33.5 °C (92.3 °F)
|
12 August 2020
|
Usk
|
| 10.
|
33.2 °C (91.8 °F)
|
2 July 1976
|
Port Talbot
|
Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Anglesey
| Temperature
|
Date
|
| 30.6 °C (87.1 °F)
|
6 June 1950
|
| 29.7 °C (85.5 °F)
|
11 August 2022
|
| 29.5 °C (85.1 °F)
|
1 August 1995
|
| 29.4 °C (84.9 °F)
|
31 July 1943
|
| 29.3 °C (84.7 °F)
|
19 July 2013
|
| Temperature
|
Date
|
| −12.2 °C (10.0 °F)
|
2 February 1956
|
| −12.2 °C (10.0 °F)
|
26 January 1945
|
| −10.0 °C (14.0 °F)
|
2 February 1954
|
| −10.0 °C (14.0 °F)
|
27 January 1945
|
| −9.4 °C (15.1 °F)
|
25 January 1945
|
References