United Kingdom
Notable events, 12 months
0
Quakes, 12 months (all sizes)
0
Strongest quake, 10 years
M4.3
Active now
0
Storms, fires, floods and more
Hazard summary for United Kingdom
No notable hazard events were recorded in United Kingdom in the past 12 months. The strongest earthquake in the last ten years measured magnitude 4.3. There are 14 volcanoes in United Kingdom.
Temperature and air quality history
The extremes across every city we monitor in United Kingdom, day by day.
Daily highest and lowest temperature, last 30 days
Each bar runs from the coldest low (teal) to the hottest high (orange) recorded anywhere in United Kingdom that day.
Worst air quality each day
Monitored cities, hottest first
- Cardiff15°C / 59°F7°C / 44°FAQI 26
- Bristol15°C / 59°F7°C / 45°FAQI 23
- Swansea14°C / 57°F6°C / 43°FAQI 27
- London14°C / 57°F7°C / 45°FAQI 30
- Islington14°C / 56°F7°C / 45°FAQI 31
- Leicester13°C / 56°F6°C / 43°FAQI 28
- Reading13°C / 56°F6°C / 43°FAQI 34
- Liverpool13°C / 55°F7°C / 44°FAQI 21
- Birkenhead13°C / 55°F7°C / 45°FAQI 29
- Edinburgh13°C / 55°F5°C / 40°FAQI 20
- Preston13°C / 55°F4°C / 39°FAQI 29
- Kingston upon Hull12°C / 54°F8°C / 46°FAQI 34
- Nottingham12°C / 54°F7°C / 44°FAQI 31
- Manchester12°C / 54°F8°C / 46°FAQI 26
- Belfast12°C / 54°F8°C / 46°FAQI 29
Records since tracking began on 16 Oct 2026. Hourly modelled values from Open-Meteo, stored permanently by Open Earth.
Recent activity
Notable events in United Kingdom in the last 90 days.
No notable events recorded in United Kingdom in the last 90 days.
Deadliest disasters in history
Damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and eruptions in United Kingdom, from NOAA records going back centuries.
Tsunami, Bristol Channel, England
30 January 16072,000 killed
Earthquake, Scotland: St Andrews
8111,400 killed
Tsunami, Plymouth, England
27 June 2011Waves up to 0.4 m
M4.8 earthquake, England: Lincolnshire
27 February 20081 injured$68m damage
M4.6 earthquake, England: Folkestone
28 April 20071 injured$60m damage
M4.8 earthquake, Mansfield, Dudley
22 September 20021 injured
M4.7 earthquake, Manchester, Liverpool
2 April 1990
M4.7 earthquake, Wales
19 July 1984
M6.0 earthquake, Scarborough, Grimsby
7 June 1931Triggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Folkstone, England
31 December 1911Waves up to 0.9 m
Satellite fire detections
Heat signatures spotted by NASA's VIIRS satellite instrument in United Kingdom. These include wildfires, farm burning and industrial heat.
Satellite fire detections are being connected. Counts for United Kingdom will appear here automatically once the feed starts.
Regions of United Kingdom
4 regions and 803 towns tracked.