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Weather extremes

How extreme does Newton Abbot's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Newton Abbot has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Slapton station 26 km away. Updated through March 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 Newton Abbot has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
87°F Jun 27, 1976

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Newton Abbot (typical high near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 87°F Jun 27, 1976
2 85°F Jun 26, 1976
3 85°F Jun 3, 2011
❄️ Coldest night
18°F Jan 2, 1979

About 21°F colder than a normal January night in Newton Abbot (typical low near 39°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 18°F Jan 2, 1979
2 18°F Jan 13, 1987
3 20°F Mar 1, 1986
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.87 in Sep 11, 1989

More rain in a single day than Newton Abbot usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 2.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.87 in Sep 11, 1989
2 3.48 in Jul 16, 1987
3 3.07 in Sep 16, 2023

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 87°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Newton Abbot's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 87°F is about 21°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, Newton Abbot's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 87°F and as low as 18°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 Slapton, a weather station, about 26 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →