The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Dewsbury has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 20 years of daily weather observations (2005–present), from the Emley Moor No 2 station 10 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 Dewsbury
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
98°FJul 19, 2022
The three most extreme on record
198°FJul 19, 2022recent
293°FJul 18, 2022
389°FJul 25, 2019
❄️Coldest night
19°FFeb 20, 2008
The three most extreme on record
119°FFeb 20, 2008
219°FMar 1, 2018
319°FFeb 28, 2018
🌧️Most rain in one day
2.35 inOct 1, 2024
The three most extreme on record
12.35 inOct 1, 2024recent
22.24 inJul 7, 2012
32.18 inSep 21, 2018
In plain terms
Across the record, Dewsbury has reached as high as 98°F and as low as 18°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 Bingley No.2, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.