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  1973 Met Office Daily Extremes          
             
         
  1973   1973   1973  
  DWS Midas Data 24 hours 9am to 9am   DWS Midas Data 24 hours 9am to 9am   DWS Midas Data 24 hours 9am to 9am  
  Minimum Temperatures   Lowest Maximum Temperatures   Highest Maximum Temperatures  
Jan-73   .......        
1st Harlow (Essex) -6.6 Pending   Pending  
2nd Bodiam (East Sussex) -6.0        
3rd Dall; Ranoch School (Perthshire) -5.5        
4th Kindrogan (Perthshire) -5.3        
5th Fyvie castle (Aberdeenshire) -5.0        
6th Balmoral (Aberdeenshire) -7.6        
7th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -6.5        
8th Banchory (Aberdeenshire) -7.0        
9th Banchory (Aberdeenshire) -7.1        
10th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -4.4        
11th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -4.4        
12th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -8.0        
13th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -5.9        
14th Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) -4.8        
15th Carmarthen (Carmarthenshire) -4.5        
16th Medenham Water (Buckinghamshire) -4.9        
17th Moor House (Cumbria) -8.4        
18th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -11.8        
19th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -12.2        
20th Alwen (Conwy) -9.0        
21st Alwen (Conwy) -9.5        
22nd Dovercourt No2 (Essex) -6.6        
23rd Carmarthen (Carmarthenshire) -4.0        
24th Shaftesbury (Dorset) -0.6        
25th Pickering (North Yorkshire) 1.5        
26th Kindrogan (Perthshire) -0.1        
27th Callender No2 (Stirlingshire) -1.0        
28th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -5.5        
29th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -1.4        
30th Newton Stewart (Dumfries & Galloway) -0.5        
31st Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -4.9        
             
Feb-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Pickering (North Yorkshire) -3.5        
2nd Santon Downham Grimes Graves(Norfolk) -3.4        
3rd Earls Colne (Essex) / Writtle (Essex) -2.5        
4th Wisley (Surrey) -5.0        
5th Wisley (Surrey) -4.0        
6th Marlborough (Wiltshire) -1.6        
7th Keiss (Sutherland) 1.0        
8th Aros (Argyll & Bute) -2.2        
9th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -7.1        
10th Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) -5.8        
11th Santon Downham Grimes Graves(Norfolk) -4.4        
12th Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) -9.6        
13th Dinnet (Aberdeenshire) -8.4        
14th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -13.6        
15th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -21.2        
16th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -18.5        
17th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -16.2        
18th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -10.1        
19th Nelson (Lancashire) -4.2        
20th Carnoustie No2 (Angus) -0.2        
21st Carnoustie No2 (Angus) -1.5        
22nd Carnoustie No2 (Angus) -2.5        
23rd Mylnefield (Perth & Kinross) -4.0        
24th West Linton (Scottish Borders) -6.9        
25th Buddon Ness (Angus) -11.2        
26th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -15.9        
27th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -15.8        
28th Grantown on Spey (Moray) -10.0        
             
Mar-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Kindrogan (Perth & Kinross) -2.9        
2nd Ashintully Castle (Perth & Kinross) -4.5        
3rd Fort Augustus (Inverness-shire) -2.0        
4th Kindrogan (Perth & Kinross) -0.6        
5th Lough Navar Forest (Northern Ireland) -4.7        
6th Buddon Ness (Angus) -9.0        
7th Lincoln (Lincolnshire) -4.6        
8th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -6.0        
9th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -7.6        
10th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -9.5        
11th Buddon Ness (Angus) -13.5        
12th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -11.7        
13th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -12.2        
14th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -9.9        
15th Buddon Ness (Angus) -12.2        
16th Santon Downham Grimes Graves(Norfolk) -5.1        
17th Mickleham (Surrey) -5.0        
18th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -2.6        
19th Swyddffynnon  (Ceredigion) -3.8        
20th Alwen (Conwy) -7.0        
21st Alwen (Conwy) -7.5        
22nd Alwen (Conwy) -7.5        
23rd Porton (wiltshire) -6.2        
24th Hoddesdon (Hertfordshire) -4.1        
25th Swyddffynnon  (Ceredigion) -0.5        
26th Buddon Ness (Angus) -9.2        
27th Bowhill (Scottish Borders) -6.7        
28th Kinross (perth & Kinross) -3.8        
29th Santon Downham Grimes Graves(Norfolk) -6.8        
30th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -4.0        
31st Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -5.6        
             
Apr-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Carmarthen (carmarthenshire) -2.5        
2nd Dounreay (Caithness) -5.5        
3rd Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) -7.9        
4th Glentress (scottish Borders) -4.5        
5th Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (Aberdeenshire) -1.0        
6th Ashintully Castle (Perth & Kinross) -2.1        
7th Moor House (cumbria) -2.5        
8th Buddon Ness (Angus) -7.8        
9th Belper (Derbyshire) -10.5        
10th Alwen (Conwy) -8.0        
11th Dundeugh (Dumfries & Galloway) -4.8        
12th Lincoln (Lincolnshire) -2.4        
13th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -4.8        
14th Elmstone No2 (Kent)  -1.6        
15th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -2.0        
16th Moel Cynnedd  (Powys) -0.6        
17th Moel Cynnedd  (Powys) -2.9        
18th Bracknell Beaufort Prk (Berkshire) 1.6        
19th Moor House (Cumbria) -2.0        
20th Moel Cynnedd  (Powys) -3.2        
21st Lincoln (Lincolnshire) -3.9        
22nd Fyvie Castle (aberdeenshire) -2.0        
23rd Achaglachgach  (Argyll & Bute) -0.5        
24th Dall, Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) -1.9        
25th Leadhills (South Lanarkshire) -4.4        
26th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -3.9        
27th Alwen (Conwy) -3.5        
28th Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (Aberdeenshire) -6.1        
29th Eskdalemuir (Dumfries & Galloway) -9.9        
30th Kindrogan (Perthshire) -7.9        
             
May-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Kinross (Perth & Kinross) -4.2        
2nd Kindrogan (Perthshire) -5.6        
3rd Strathy (Sutherland) -2.5        
4th Blyth Bridge (Scottish Borders) -2.4        
5th Balmoral (Aberdeenshire) 0.9        
6th Haverfordwest No2 (Pembrokeshire) -0.1        
7th Buddon Ness (Angus) -2.4        
8th Cwmystwyth (Ceredigion) 0.0        
9th Blyth Bridge (Scottish Borders) -1.6        
10th Usk (Monmouthshire) -1.0        
11th Crawfordjohn (South Lanarkshire) -1.5        
12th Pontefract (West Yorkshire) -1.7        
13th Blyth Bridge (Scottish Borders) -2.2        
14th Buddon Ness (Angus) /. Glenmore Lodge -4.2        
15th Cartmel (Cumbria) -5.4        
16th Moor House (cumbria) -3.2        
17th Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) -2.1        
18th Moor House (cumbria) -0.7        
19th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -2.8        
20th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -1.2        
21st Strathy (Sutherland) 0.5        
22nd Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) 2.0        
23rd Ballymoney (Northern Ireland) 1.3        
24th Leadhills (South Lanarkshire) 3.2        
25th Alwen (Conwy) 1.5        
26th Strathy (Sutherland) 3.0        
27th Cwmystwyth (Ceredigion) 5.2        
28th Whitehillocks (Angus) 6.8        
29th Moor House (cumbria) 3.7        
30th Caistor (Lincolnshire) 3.9        
31st Lough Navar Forest (Northern Ireland) 3.5        
             
Jun-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Balmoral (Aberdeenshire) -1.9        
2nd Kielder Castle (Northumberland) -0.9        
3rd Bala (Gwynedd) 0.8        
4th Castle Archdale Forest (Northern Ireland) 0.2        
5th Alwen (Conwy) -2.5        
6th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -0.4        
7th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 3.6        
8th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 3.4        
9th Cambridge NIAB (Cambridgeshire) 4.8        
10th Baltasound (Shetland Isles) 4.8        
11th Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) 3.0        
12th Baltasound (Shetland Isles) 3.8        
13th Knockanrock (Sutherland) 1.2        
14th Alwen / Santon Downham Grimes Graves -2.3        
15th Alwen (Conwy) 0.5        
16th Moel Cynnedd  (Powys) 0.6        
17th Kindrogan (Perth & Kinross) 3.5        
18th Wrexham (Denbighshire) 2.0        
19th Elmstone No2 (kent) 6.8        
20th Wrexham (Denbighshire) 3.0        
21st Coleraine University (Northern Ireland) 1.2        
22nd Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 6.5        
23rd Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 3.3        
24th Coleraine University (Northern Ireland) 2.6        
25th Dundeugh (Dumfries & Galloway) 2.0        
26th Aros (Isle of Mull) 2.4        
27th Knapdale Forest (Argyll & Bute) 1.7        
28th Balmoral (Aberdeenshire) 0.7        
29th Bush House (?) 5.5        
30th Moor House (Cumbria) 3.5        
             
Jul-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Kielder Castle (Northumberland) 5.2        
2nd Moor House (Cumbria) 2.9        
3rd Grantown on Spey (Moray) 1.6        
4th Contin (Ross & Cromarty) 5.0        
5th Loggerheads (Denbigshire) 1.9        
6th Redesdale Camp (Northumberland) 7.2        
7th Loughermore Forest (Northern Ireland) 2.3        
8th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -1.0        
9th Moor House (Cumbria) 0.8        
10th Elmstone No2 (Kent) 5.0        
11th East Hoathly (East Sussex) / Onich  10.0        
12th Grizedale (Cumbria) 7.6        
13th Lyonshall (Herefordshire) 8.0        
14th Inverness (Inverness-shire) 4.5        
15th Achnashellach  (Ross & Cromarty) 7.5        
16th Dall Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) 6.8        
17th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) 5.1        
18th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) 6.6        
19th Baltasound (Shetland Isles) 6.1        
20th Cardiff (Glamorgan) / Moor House (Cumbria) 8.5        
21st Dundeugh (Dumfries & Galloway) 6.0        
22nd Rhum Kinloch (Isle of Rhum) 1.5        
23rd Grantown on Spey (Moray) -0.8        
24th Dundeugh (Dumfries & Galloway) 0.1        
25th Lairg No2 (Sutherland) 2.4        
26th Buddon Ness (Angus) 2.6        
27th Coltishall (Norfolk) 1.2        
28th Grizedale (Cumbria) 1.4        
29th Alwen (Conwy) 4.5        
30th Balmoral / Braemar / Grantown on Spey 4.6        
31st Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 5.4        
             
Aug-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 4.9        
2nd Newton Rigg (Cumbria) 8.6        
3rd Stornoway Airport (Isle of Lewis) 7.8        
4th Lowtown No2 (Northern Ireland) 4.9        
5th Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) 6.1        
6th Glenmore Lodge (Inverness-shire) 5.0        
7th Gartly (Aberdeenshire) 2.6        
8th Carrigans (Northern Ireland) 2.4        
9th Grantown on Spey (Moray) 5.7        
10th Loch Braden (Northern Ireland) 6.0        
11th Dall Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) 0.9        
12th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) 1.4        
13th Lairg No2 (Sutherland) 4.6        
14th Morpeth Cockle Park (Northumberland) 4.6        
15th Moor House (Cumbria) 5.9        
16th Leitholm (Scottish Borders) 5.5        
17th Divis Mountain (Northern Ireland) 4.2        
18th Moel Cynnedd (Powys) 0.8        
19th Balmoral (Aberdeenshire0 2.6        
20th Aberdeen Dyce (Aberdeenshire) 4.5        
21st Lagganlia (Invrness-shire) -4.5 `      
22nd Grantown on Spey (Moray) / Contin -0.1        
23rd Glenlivet (Moray) 3.6        
24th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 2.7        
25th Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (Aberdeenshire) 3.8        
26th Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (Aberdeenshire) 4.3        
27th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 4.3        
28th Aberfoyle (Perth & Kinross) 4.0        
29th Glenbranter No 2 (Argykk & Bute) 4.2        
30th Buddon Ness (Angus) 3.8        
31st East Hoathly (East Sussex) 7.0        
             
Sep-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Totnes No2 (Devon) 6.2        
2nd Shawbury (Shropshire) 4.3        
3rd Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) 3.5        
4th Whitehillocks  (Angus) 4.1        
5th Dall Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) 3.6        
6th Baltasound (Shetland Isles) 5.6        
7th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) 6.0        
8th Aberystwyth Corporation Yard (Ceredigion) 5.0        
9th Bwlchgwyn (Wrexham County) 0.0        
10th Dalwhinnie No2 (Inverness-shire) -1.3        
11th Moor House  / Carnwath  -1.7        
12th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -1.1        
13th Moel Cynnedd (Powys) 2.5        
14th Grantown on Spey (Moray) 2.7        
15th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) 0.2        
16th Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) 8.0        
17th Lough Navar Forest (Northern Ireland) 6.5        
18th Grendon Underwood / Santon Downham  2.0        
19th Grizedale (Cumbria) 4.0        
20th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -1.0        
21st Buddon Ness (Angus) -2.0        
22nd Glentress (Scottish Borders) 0.0        
23rd Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -0.9        
24th Buddon Ness (Angus) -4.0        
25th Lough Navar Forest / Loughermore Forest 1.0        
26th Castle Archdale Forest (Northern Ireland) 1.6        
27th Balmoral (Aberdeenshire) -2.0        
28th Lowtown No2 (Northern Ireland) 0.8        
29th Pickering (North Yorkshire) 0.8        
30th Crawfordjohn / Redesdale camp 0.5        
             
Oct-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Kielder Castle (Northumberland) -2.6        
2nd Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -2.2        
3rd Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) 1.7        
4th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -0.4        
5th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) 1.1        
6th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) 1.3        
7th Grantown on Spey (Moray) 1.7        
8th Grantown on Spey (Moray) 1.6        
9th Dall Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) 3.2        
10th Kinlochewe (Ross & Cromarty) -0.5        
11th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -6.2        
12th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -8.5        
13th Dalwhinnie No2 (Inverness-shire) -5.6        
14th Crawfordjohn (South Lanarkshire) -6.0        
15th Dall Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) -5.0        
16th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -4.5        
17th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -6.4        
18th Dalwhinnie No2 (Inverness-shire) -7.7        
19th Camps Resevoir (South Lanarkshire) -3.6        
20th Strathy (Sutherland) -3.1        
21st Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -1.8        
22nd Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -3.2        
23rd Baltasound (Shetland Isles) -0.7        
24th Usk (Monmouthshire) -2.0        
25th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -1.4        
26th Totnes No2 (Devon) -0.2        
27th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -1.9        
28th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -3.5        
29th Cenarth Mill  / Ruthin -4.5        
30th Knockmany Forest / Preston Wynne -4.2        
31st Llandrindod Wells (Powys) -4.1        
             
Nov-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Strathconon (Ross & Cromarty) -1.0        
2nd Blyth Bridge (Scottish Borders) -1.0        
3rd Grantown on Spey (Moray) 0.9        
4th Newtown Linford (Leicestershire) 2.6        
5th Glenlochar Barrage / Callandar No2 / Aberfoyle -2.5        
6th Camps Resevoir (South Lanarkshire) -3.1        
7th Bournemouth Airport / Santon Downham -3.3        
8th Glentress (Scottish Borders)  0.0        
9th Shaftesbury (Dorset) 3.1        
10th Perth (Perth & Kinross) -5.0        
11th Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (Aberdeenshire) -5.1        
12th East Hoathly / Grendon Underwood  -3.0        
13th Corpach (Inverness-shire) -1.4        
14th Cupar, Elmwood Ag College  (Fife) -2.5        
15th Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden No 2  -4.4        
16th Nunraw Abbey (East Lothian) -8.8        
17th Santon Downham Grimes Graves (Norfolk) -7.8        
18th Tomatin (Inverness-shire) -7.6        
19th Grangemouth Refinery (Stirlingshire) -4.5        
20th Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) -7.5        
21st Bugbrooke Mill (Northamptonshire) -7.6        
22nd Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire) -7.4        
23rd Shaftesbury (Dorset) -4.1        
24th Nunraw Abbey (East Lothian) -7.5        
25th Cumnoch (Ayrshire) -10.2        
26th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -8.8        
27th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -8.8        
28th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -10.7        
29th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -14.6        
30th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -14.0        
             
Dec-73 DWS Midas data 24 hours 9am to 9am          
1st Keith (Aberdeenshire) -18.9        
2nd Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) -16.0        
3rd Lincoln (Lincolnshire) -10.5        
4th Shaftesbury (Dorset) -1.9        
5th Lerwick (Shetland Isles) -1.2        
6th Whitehollicks (Angus) -4.5        
7th Redesdale Camp (Northumberland) -6.8        
8th Auchen Castle (Dumfries & Galloway) -6.6        
9th Carnwath (South Lanarkshire) -12.7        
10th Eskdalemuir (Dumfries & Galloway) -8.8        
11th Gatwick Airport (West Sussex) -5.2        
12th Shaftesbury (Dorset) -6.1        
13th Jubilee Corner (Kent) -3.3        
14th Moor House (Cumbria) / Kirkwall (Orkney) -4.5        
15th Whitehollicks (Angus) -7.5        
16th Dall Rannoch School (Perth & Kinross) -6.2        
17th Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) -4.5        
18th Braemar (Aberdeenshire) -11.9        
19th Lairg No2 (Sutherland) -8.0        
20th Knockanrock  (Sutherland) -5.4        
21st Ruthin (denbigshire) -1.5        
22nd Elgin No2 (Moray) -3.5        
23rd Castle Archdale Forest / Lisplap Forest / Huddersfield -1.5        
24th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -7.3        
25th Lagganlia (Inverness-shire) -9.5        
26th Alwen (Conwy) -6.1        
27th Loggerheads Colomendy Centre (Denbigshire) -3.0        
28th Knockmany Forest (Northern Ireland) -2.9        
29th Cookstown (Northern Ireland) -2.3        
30th Whiteford Burrows (County of Swansea) -4.9        
31st Grendon Underwood / Santon Downham Grimes  -7.0        
             
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