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How extreme does Briton Ferry's weather get?

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

Based on 33 years of daily weather observations (1991–2024), from the Mumbles Head station 13 km away. Updated through June 2024 — 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 Briton Ferry has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
88°F Aug 12, 2022

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Briton Ferry (typical high near 67°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 88°F Aug 12, 2022recent
2 88°F Aug 13, 2022
3 87°F Aug 1, 1995
❄️ Coldest night
20°F Feb 10, 1991

About 19°F colder than a normal February night in Briton Ferry (typical low near 39°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 20°F Feb 10, 1991
2 21°F Feb 9, 1991
3 22°F Feb 7, 1991
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.69 in Jun 11, 2020

More rain in a single day than Briton Ferry usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 2.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.69 in Jun 11, 2020
2 2.45 in Aug 26, 2010
3 2.05 in Aug 2, 2016

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°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 88°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Briton Ferry's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 88°F is about 21°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, Briton Ferry's warmest days reach the high 60s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 88°F and as low as 20°F. A single day has delivered over 3 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 25 years of daily observations at Mumbles Head, a weather station, about 13 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →