The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Hereford has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 24 years of daily weather observations (2001–present), from the Hereford/Credenhill station 7 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 Hereford
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
96°FJul 18, 2022
The three most extreme on record
196°FJul 18, 2022recent
294°FJul 19, 2022
393°FJul 19, 2006
❄️Coldest night
4°FDec 26, 2010
About 32°F colder than a normal December night in Hereford (typical low near 35°F).
The three most extreme on record
14°FDec 26, 2010
27°FDec 25, 2010
310°FDec 3, 2010
🌧️Most rain in one day
2.44 inJul 21, 2007
The three most extreme on record
12.44 inJul 21, 2007
22.13 inOct 20, 2001
32.03 inSep 24, 2012
In plain terms
In a normal year, Hereford's warmest days reach the high 50s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 96°F and as low as 4°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 28 years of daily observations at Shobdon Airfield, a weather station, about 24 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.