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Weather extremes
How extreme does Newcastle under Lyme's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Newcastle under Lyme 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 Newcastle under Lyme has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 29°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Newcastle under Lyme (typical high near 68°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 26°F colder than a normal December night in Newcastle under Lyme (typical low near 35°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 67% of a typical October's rain in a single day (Newcastle under Lyme averages roughly 3.2 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.
Newcastle under Lyme's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 97°F is about 29°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 29 years of daily observations at Keele, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.