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Weather extremes

How extreme does Glenrothes's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Glenrothes 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 Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde station 26 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 Glenrothes has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
88°F Jul 18, 2022

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Glenrothes (typical high near 67°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 88°F Jul 18, 2022recent
2 87°F Jul 17, 2022
3 86°F Aug 3, 1975
❄️ Coldest night
4°F Jan 11, 1982

About 31°F colder than a normal January night in Glenrothes (typical low near 35°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 4°F Jan 11, 1982
2 9°F Jan 10, 1982
3 9°F Jan 12, 1982
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.23 in Jul 26, 1985

More rain in a single day than Glenrothes usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 2.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.23 in Jul 26, 1985
2 2.50 in Aug 6, 2008
3 2.40 in Jun 30, 1990

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 88°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Glenrothes's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July'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, Glenrothes's warmest days reach the high 60s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 88°F and as low as 4°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 30 years of daily observations at Strathallen Airfield, a weather station, about 37 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →