Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Leckford (UKE00105925), United Kingdom, with 54 years of record.
Key Facts for Leckford
Leckford (UKE00105925) is a weather station in United Kingdom at 51.12 latitude and -1.44 longitude, 117 m (384 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1959 to 2012, 54 years of record.
1,464 records set at Leckford still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Leckford set a daily record high minimum temperature of 9.7 C (49.5 F) on 29 December 2012.
About the Station
Location: United Kingdom, 51.12 latitude, -1.44 longitude.
Elevation: 117 m (384 ft).
Period of record: 1959 to 2012, 54 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Leckford. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Leckford, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
13.5 C (56.3 F)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
15.4 C (59.7 F)
-10.5 C (13.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
21.1 C (70.0 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
25.3 C (77.5 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
26.8 C (80.2 F)
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
33.5 C (92.3 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
33.8 C (92.8 F)
3.3 C (37.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
34.7 C (94.5 F)
4.4 C (39.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1.0 C (33.8 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
25.7 C (78.3 F)
-3.1 C (26.4 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
17.0 C (62.6 F)
-7.5 C (18.5 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
14.9 C (58.8 F)
-10.9 C (12.4 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Leckford still stand. 1963 holds the most, with 51.
Standing records at Leckford by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1960
32
1961
26
1962
38
1963
51
1964
19
1965
38
1966
25
1967
17
1968
23
1969
33
1970
25
1971
30
1972
25
1973
20
1974
22
1975
29
1976
42
1977
26
1978
26
1979
43
1980
41
1981
27
1982
20
1983
31
1984
15
1985
42
1986
39
1987
29
1988
12
1989
36
1990
23
1991
22
1992
11
1993
27
1994
19
1995
28
1996
14
1997
38
1998
26
1999
23
2000
28
2001
18
2002
20
2003
30
2004
23
2005
35
2006
42
2007
21
2008
18
2009
14
2010
36
2011
36
2012
30
All-Time Record Progression
3 new records
3 all-time records were set at Leckford between 2 August 1990 and 11 August 2003. Each dot is a new record.
When Leckford set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1990-08-02
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 34.7 C (94.5 F)
1995-08-02
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 18.8 C (65.8 F)
2003-08-11
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 19.0 C (66.2 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 71.9 mm (2.8 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Leckford. The most was 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 29 August 1966.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Leckford
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
35.9 mm (1.4 in)
4 January 1974
Feb
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
24 February 1997
Mar
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
23 March 1984
Apr
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
23 April 1971
May
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
31 May 1964
Jun
56.0 mm (2.2 in)
10 June 1971
Jul
35.0 mm (1.4 in)
4 July 2000
Aug
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
29 August 1966
Sep
40.0 mm (1.6 in)
19 September 1981
Oct
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
12 October 1993
Nov
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
5 November 2000
Dec
36.2 mm (1.4 in)
1 December 2005
Period of Record Coverage
1959 to 2012
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
54 years of record at Leckford, 1959 to 2012. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1959.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 52 complete years at Leckford, 1960 to 2012. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.8 C (49.6 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1963, at 8.2 C (46.7 F), and the warmest was 2011, at 11.1 C (51.9 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.6 C (2.9 F).
Annual mean temperature at Leckford as warming stripes, 1960 to 2012
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1960
9.5 C
-0.29 C
1961
9.9 C
+0.15 C
1962
8.4 C
-1.38 C
1963
8.2 C
-1.60 C
1964
9.5 C
-0.32 C
1965
8.9 C
-0.84 C
1966
9.7 C
-0.10 C
1967
9.7 C
-0.13 C
1968
9.1 C
-0.65 C
1969
9.4 C
-0.41 C
1970
9.5 C
-0.28 C
1971
9.6 C
-0.20 C
1972
9.2 C
-0.59 C
1973
9.6 C
-0.22 C
1974
9.4 C
-0.40 C
1975
9.8 C
-0.01 C
1976
10.0 C
+0.19 C
1977
9.4 C
-0.41 C
1978
9.3 C
-0.51 C
1979
8.8 C
-1.01 C
1980
9.2 C
-0.60 C
1981
9.2 C
-0.59 C
1982
10.0 C
+0.18 C
1983
10.1 C
+0.30 C
1984
9.8 C
+0.06 C
1985
8.9 C
-0.90 C
1986
8.5 C
-1.24 C
1987
9.0 C
-0.77 C
1988
9.9 C
+0.11 C
1989
10.9 C
+1.07 C
1990
10.7 C
+0.93 C
1991
9.4 C
-0.36 C
1992
9.9 C
+0.10 C
1993
9.5 C
-0.28 C
1994
10.4 C
+0.59 C
1995
10.5 C
+0.73 C
1996
9.2 C
-0.57 C
1997
10.7 C
+0.90 C
1998
10.5 C
+0.68 C
1999
10.7 C
+0.91 C
2000
10.4 C
+0.61 C
2001
10.1 C
+0.33 C
2002
10.8 C
+1.01 C
2003
10.8 C
+0.98 C
2004
10.6 C
+0.80 C
2005
10.6 C
+0.80 C
2006
11.0 C
+1.19 C
2008
10.1 C
+0.36 C
2009
10.3 C
+0.51 C
2010
9.1 C
-0.64 C
2011
11.1 C
+1.27 C
2012
10.2 C
+0.39 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.3 C (0.2 to 0.4) per decade over 1960 to 2012. In Fahrenheit: 0.5 F (0.3 to 0.7) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 52 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Leckford
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.3 C (0.2 to 0.4) per decade
0.5 F (0.3 to 0.7) per decade
1960 to 2012
52
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.3 C (0.2 to 0.4) per decade
0.5 F (0.3 to 0.7) per decade
1960 to 2012
52
Rise
Mean daily minimum
0.3 C (0.2 to 0.4) per decade
0.5 F (0.4 to 0.7) per decade
1960 to 2012
52
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1959 to 2012
Yearly extremes at Leckford: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
34.7 C (94.5 F)
1990
28.7 C (83.7 F)
54
Coldest night (TNn)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1963
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
53
Wettest day (Rx1day)
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1966
33.9 mm (1.3 in)
52
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
100.7 mm (4.0 in)
1993
67.0 mm (2.6 in)
52
Longest dry spell (CDD)
49 days
1997
22 days
52
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Leckford, 1959 to 2012. The record is 34.7 C (94.5 F) in 1990, marked on the chart; the median year is 28.7 C (83.7 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Leckford by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1959
11.1 C (52.0 F)
1960
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1961
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1962
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1963
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1964
28.3 C (82.9 F)
1965
26.1 C (79.0 F)
1966
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1967
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1968
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1969
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1970
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1971
28.3 C (82.9 F)
1972
25.8 C (78.4 F)
1973
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1974
24.0 C (75.2 F)
1975
31.6 C (88.9 F)
1976
33.5 C (92.3 F)
1977
26.2 C (79.2 F)
1978
25.5 C (77.9 F)
1979
29.0 C (84.2 F)
1980
26.2 C (79.2 F)
1981
28.3 C (82.9 F)
1982
27.5 C (81.5 F)
1983
31.4 C (88.5 F)
1984
29.2 C (84.6 F)
1985
28.4 C (83.1 F)
1986
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1987
28.6 C (83.5 F)
1988
28.8 C (83.8 F)
1989
32.3 C (90.1 F)
1990
34.7 C (94.5 F)
1991
26.3 C (79.3 F)
1992
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1993
26.0 C (78.8 F)
1994
29.8 C (85.6 F)
1995
32.6 C (90.7 F)
1996
29.1 C (84.4 F)
1997
31.0 C (87.8 F)
1998
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1999
30.4 C (86.7 F)
2000
29.1 C (84.4 F)
2001
30.0 C (86.0 F)
2002
28.7 C (83.7 F)
2003
33.8 C (92.8 F)
2004
28.9 C (84.0 F)
2005
28.5 C (83.3 F)
2006
33.8 C (92.8 F)
2007
23.9 C (75.0 F)
2008
28.3 C (82.9 F)
2009
29.1 C (84.4 F)
2010
28.4 C (83.1 F)
2011
26.6 C (79.9 F)
2012
28.7 C (83.7 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Leckford, 1959 to 2012. The record is -13.9 C (7.0 F) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is -7.2 C (19.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Leckford by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1959
n/a
1960
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1961
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1962
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1963
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1964
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1965
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1966
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1967
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1968
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1969
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1970
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1971
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1972
-9.0 C (15.8 F)
1973
-5.5 C (22.1 F)
1974
-2.0 C (28.4 F)
1975
-4.5 C (23.9 F)
1976
-10.9 C (12.4 F)
1977
-6.0 C (21.2 F)
1978
-9.5 C (14.9 F)
1979
-11.2 C (11.8 F)
1980
-6.0 C (21.2 F)
1981
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1982
-11.5 C (11.3 F)
1983
-5.2 C (22.6 F)
1984
-3.5 C (25.7 F)
1985
-10.5 C (13.1 F)
1986
-10.5 C (13.1 F)
1987
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1988
-4.9 C (23.2 F)
1989
-5.5 C (22.1 F)
1990
-3.2 C (26.2 F)
1991
-10.3 C (13.5 F)
1992
-7.0 C (19.4 F)
1993
-7.5 C (18.5 F)
1994
-7.0 C (19.4 F)
1995
-8.5 C (16.7 F)
1996
-6.8 C (19.8 F)
1997
-8.4 C (16.9 F)
1998
-4.8 C (23.4 F)
1999
-8.6 C (16.5 F)
2000
-7.1 C (19.2 F)
2001
-4.5 C (23.9 F)
2002
-6.2 C (20.8 F)
2003
-6.4 C (20.5 F)
2004
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
2005
-6.0 C (21.2 F)
2006
-4.9 C (23.2 F)
2007
-4.3 C (24.3 F)
2008
-4.0 C (24.8 F)
2009
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
2010
-9.5 C (14.9 F)
2011
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
2012
-8.5 C (16.7 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Leckford, 1959 to 2012. The record is 71.9 mm (2.8 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.9 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Leckford by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1959
n/a
1960
n/a
1961
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1962
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1963
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1964
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1965
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1966
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1967
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1968
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1969
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1970
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1971
56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1972
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1973
27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1974
35.9 mm (1.4 in)
1975
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1976
52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1977
42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1978
33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1979
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1980
29.9 mm (1.2 in)
1981
40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1982
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1983
37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1984
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1985
25.8 mm (1.0 in)
1986
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1987
39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1988
34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1989
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1990
25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1991
28.6 mm (1.1 in)
1992
35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1993
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1994
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1995
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1996
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1997
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1998
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
1999
36.0 mm (1.4 in)
2000
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
2001
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2002
29.1 mm (1.1 in)
2003
35.2 mm (1.4 in)
2004
28.5 mm (1.1 in)
2005
36.2 mm (1.4 in)
2006
37.4 mm (1.5 in)
2007
28.9 mm (1.1 in)
2008
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2009
28.9 mm (1.1 in)
2010
30.9 mm (1.2 in)
2011
54.0 mm (2.1 in)
2012
45.8 mm (1.8 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Leckford, 1959 to 2012. The record is 100.7 mm (4.0 in) in 1993, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.0 mm (2.6 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Leckford by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1959
n/a
1960
n/a
1961
66.1 mm (2.6 in)
1962
54.3 mm (2.1 in)
1963
54.3 mm (2.1 in)
1964
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1965
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1966
84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1967
67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1968
67.2 mm (2.6 in)
1969
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1970
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1971
77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1972
67.7 mm (2.7 in)
1973
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1974
85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1975
54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1976
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1977
74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1978
94.3 mm (3.7 in)
1979
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1980
58.3 mm (2.3 in)
1981
71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1982
61.1 mm (2.4 in)
1983
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1984
59.8 mm (2.4 in)
1985
67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1986
75.3 mm (3.0 in)
1987
87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1988
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1989
87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1990
85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1991
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1992
89.8 mm (3.5 in)
1993
100.7 mm (4.0 in)
1994
62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1995
84.7 mm (3.3 in)
1996
56.8 mm (2.2 in)
1997
45.8 mm (1.8 in)
1998
68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1999
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
2000
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
2001
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
2002
87.7 mm (3.5 in)
2003
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
2004
60.6 mm (2.4 in)
2005
59.5 mm (2.3 in)
2006
76.8 mm (3.0 in)
2007
64.5 mm (2.5 in)
2008
74.5 mm (2.9 in)
2009
76.0 mm (3.0 in)
2010
70.8 mm (2.8 in)
2011
66.6 mm (2.6 in)
2012
81.1 mm (3.2 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Leckford, 1959 to 2012. The record is 49 days in 1997, marked on the chart; the median year is 22 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Leckford by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1959
n/a
1960
n/a
1961
29 days
1962
22 days
1963
33 days
1964
34 days
1965
13 days
1966
14 days
1967
23 days
1968
23 days
1969
20 days
1970
25 days
1971
22 days
1972
29 days
1973
20 days
1974
12 days
1975
20 days
1976
40 days
1977
18 days
1978
20 days
1979
32 days
1980
20 days
1981
18 days
1982
24 days
1983
21 days
1984
28 days
1985
25 days
1986
28 days
1987
25 days
1988
17 days
1989
23 days
1990
24 days
1991
25 days
1992
19 days
1993
27 days
1994
23 days
1995
22 days
1996
26 days
1997
49 days
1998
18 days
1999
13 days
2000
20 days
2001
27 days
2002
21 days
2003
26 days
2004
22 days
2005
21 days
2006
18 days
2007
23 days
2008
18 days
2009
21 days
2010
20 days
2011
36 days
2012
18 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
52 years with a frost
Across 52 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Leckford falls on 19 April and the median first autumn frost on 31 October, which leaves a median of 190 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +5.0 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Leckford
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1982 to 2012)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
19 April
n/a
16 April
n/a
-2.6 days per decade
First autumn frost
31 October
n/a
2 November
n/a
+2.4 days per decade
Growing days
190 days
n/a
192 days
n/a
+5.0 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
52 years, 1961 to 2012
A day with at least 33.6 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 70.6 mm (2.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Leckford: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
5 years
41.2 mm (1.6 in)
10 years
47.1 mm (1.9 in)
25 years
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
50 years
62.7 mm (2.5 in)
100 years
70.6 mm (2.8 in)
Longer than the 52 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 52 years of values from 1961 to 2012.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 71.9 mm (2.8 in) in 1966; 56.0 mm (2.2 in) in 1971; 54.0 mm (2.1 in) in 2011.
Station Changes
1 suspected
One change was suspected in the annual mean temperature of Leckford, at 1968. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1968 ran 0.1 C (0.2 F) lower than in the years before (possible change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Leckford, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1968
-0.1
-0.2
possible
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.