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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kendal's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kendal 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 Shap station 20 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 Kendal has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
91°F Jul 19, 2022

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Kendal (typical high near 65°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 91°F Jul 19, 2022recent
2 87°F Aug 15, 1996
3 87°F Aug 10, 2000
❄️ Coldest night
-4°F Sep 25, 2006

About 48°F colder than a normal September night in Kendal (typical low near 44°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -4°F Sep 25, 2006
2 -2°F Sep 18, 2006
3 0°F Sep 17, 2006
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.91 in Mar 2, 2018

More rain in a single day than Kendal usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 5.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.91 in Mar 2, 2018
2 5.12 in Mar 3, 2018
3 4.88 in Jan 8, 2005

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 91°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kendal's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 91°F is about 26°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, Kendal'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 91°F and as low as −4°F. A single day has delivered over 6 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 Shap, a weather station, about 20 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →