How extreme do we get in the UK?

The highest temperature on record is 38.7C, recorded in Cambridge in 2019. The lowest is -27.2C, recorded in Braemar, Scotland, on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982 as well as at Altnaharra, also in Scotland, on December 30, 1995. This represents 65.9C between the two extremes.