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Weather extremes

How extreme does Dronfield's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Sheffield station 9 km away. Updated through March 2026 — 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 Dronfield has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jul 18, 2022

That is about 33°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Dronfield (typical high near 70°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 18, 2022recent
2 97°F Jul 17, 2022
3 96°F Jul 24, 2019
❄️ Coldest night
15°F Jan 10, 1982

About 21°F colder than a normal January night in Dronfield (typical low near 36°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 15°F Jan 10, 1982
2 16°F Dec 18, 1981
3 16°F Jan 12, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.69 in Jul 15, 1973

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

The three most extreme on record

1 4.69 in Jul 15, 1973
2 3.47 in Jun 14, 2007
3 3.47 in Jun 10, 2009

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°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Dronfield's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 33°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, Dronfield'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 103°F and as low as 15°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 Nottingham: Watnall, a weather station, about 36 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →