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Weather extremes

How extreme does Inverness's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Inverness 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 Inverness station 13 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 Inverness has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
86°F Jul 27, 2018

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Inverness (typical high near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 86°F Jul 27, 2018
2 86°F Jul 25, 2019
3 84°F Jul 26, 1995
❄️ Coldest night
1°F Dec 29, 1995

About 32°F colder than a normal December night in Inverness (typical low near 33°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 1°F Dec 29, 1995
2 1°F Dec 8, 2017
3 7°F Nov 30, 2010
🌧️ Most rain in one day
1.38 in Oct 6, 1993

The three most extreme on record

1 1.38 in Oct 6, 1993
2 1.30 in May 15, 1993
3 0.98 in Dec 16, 1992

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 86°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Inverness's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 86°F is about 20°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, Inverness's warmest days reach the mid-60s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 86°F and as low as 1°F. A single day has delivered over 1 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 Aviemore, a weather station, about 39 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →