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Weather extremes
How extreme does Lerwick's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lerwick has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Lerwick has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 17°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Lerwick (typical high near 58°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 36°F colder than a normal March night in Lerwick (typical low near 36°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 82% of a typical October's rain in a single day (Lerwick averages roughly 5.0 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Lerwick's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 74°F is about 17°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Lerwick, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.