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Weather extremes

How extreme does Basingstoke's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Basingstoke has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Odiham station 11 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Basingstoke has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
97°F Jul 19, 2022

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Basingstoke (typical high near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 97°F Jul 19, 2022recent
2 95°F Aug 10, 2003
3 95°F Jul 25, 2019
❄️ Coldest night
4°F Jan 28, 2004

About 29°F colder than a normal January night in Basingstoke (typical low near 34°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 4°F Jan 28, 2004
2 7°F Feb 24, 2004
3 7°F Jan 12, 2003
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.12 in Feb 3, 2019

More rain in a single day than Basingstoke usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 2.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.12 in Feb 3, 2019
2 4.72 in Mar 2, 2018
3 4.33 in Mar 3, 2018

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 97°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Basingstoke's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 97°F is about 25°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Basingstoke's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 97°F and as low as 4°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Odiham, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →