How extreme does Bury St Edmunds's weather get?

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

Based on 26 years of daily weather observations (1999–present), from the Mildenhall Raf station 21 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 Bury St Edmunds has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Jul 19, 2022

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Jul 19, 2022recent

2 100°F Jul 18, 2022

3 99°F Jul 25, 2019

❄️ Coldest night

5°F Feb 11, 2012

The three most extreme on record

1 5°F Feb 11, 2012

2 12°F Feb 12, 2012

3 14°F Jan 22, 2013

🌧️ Most rain in one day

6.49 in Aug 17, 2020

The three most extreme on record

1 6.49 in Aug 17, 2020

2 2.54 in Sep 19, 2021

3 2.21 in Jun 28, 2017

In plain terms

Across the record, Bury St Edmunds has reached as high as 102°F and as low as 5°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 Wattisham, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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