How extreme does Poole's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Poole 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 Bournemouth station 12 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 Poole has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

93°F Aug 10, 2003

That is about 22°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Poole (typical high near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 93°F Aug 10, 2003

2 91°F Aug 3, 1995

3 91°F Jul 19, 2006

❄️ Coldest night

10°F Dec 3, 2004

About 25°F colder than a normal December night in Poole (typical low near 35°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 10°F Dec 3, 2004

2 12°F Jan 7, 2009

3 12°F Feb 4, 2012

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.13 in Jan 21, 1994

More rain in a single day than Poole usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 3.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.13 in Jan 21, 1994

2 2.12 in Oct 7, 2001

3 1.89 in Nov 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.

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Poole's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 93°F is about 22°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, Poole's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 93°F and as low as 10°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 Bournemouth, a weather station, about 12 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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