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Weather extremes

How extreme does Caterham's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Caterham 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 Kenley Airfield station 2 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 Caterham has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Jul 19, 2022

That is about 28°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Caterham (typical high near 71°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Jul 19, 2022recent
2 95°F Aug 10, 2003
3 94°F Jul 18, 2022
❄️ Coldest night
14°F Feb 11, 2012

About 22°F colder than a normal February night in Caterham (typical low near 35°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 14°F Feb 11, 2012
2 14°F Feb 7, 1991
3 15°F Feb 28, 2018
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.72 in Dec 24, 2013

About 84% of a typical December's rain in a single day (Caterham averages roughly 3.2 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.72 in Dec 24, 2013
2 2.29 in Sep 20, 1999
3 2.08 in Jun 11, 2019

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 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Caterham's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 99°F is about 28°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, Caterham'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 99°F and as low as 14°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 29 years of daily observations at Kenley Airfield, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →