Whole-day record · Great Britain
Most wind power in a day
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520 GWh22 Dec 202420182020202220242026
RecordBest of each monthRecord broken
- Times broken
- 24
- since March 2017
- Standing for
- 22 months
- since 22 Dec 2024
- Previous record
- 501 GWh
- 21 Dec 2023
- Best in 2026
- 515 GWh
- 12 Mar 2026
The record for most wind in a day is 520 GWh, over the whole day on Sunday 22 December 2024. It beat the record of 501 GWh, set on 21 December 2023, by 19 GWh.
Since March 2017, the record has been broken 24 times.
The best value in 2017 was 297 GWh. The record is 75% higher.
8 of the ten best days were in the past twelve months.
So far in 2026, the best value is 515 GWh, on 12 March 2026. That is 99% of the record.
History
Every time the record was broken
Newest first. Choose a day to see its charts. Rows in grey are from the first year of the data.
| Day | Record | Rise | Held for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 December 2024 | 520 GWh | +19 GWh | Stands · 22 months |
| 21 December 2023 | 501 GWh | +7 GWh | 12 months |
| 20 December 2023 | 494 GWh | +14 GWh | 1 day |
| 11 January 2023 | 480 GWh | +17 GWh | 11 months |
| 30 December 2022 | 462 GWh | +6 GWh | 12 days |
| 19 December 2022 | 457 GWh | +3 GWh | 11 days |
| 10 November 2022 | 454 GWh | +1 GWh | 39 days |
| 2 November 2022 | 453 GWh | +20 GWh | 8 days |
| 12 February 2022 | 433 GWh | +0 GWh | 9 months |
| 1 February 2022 | 433 GWh | +1 GWh | 11 days |
| 29 January 2022 | 432 GWh | +2 GWh | 3 days |
| 13 February 2021 | 430 GWh | +1 GWh | 11 months |
| 11 February 2020 | 429 GWh | +2 GWh | 12 months |
| 10 February 2020 | 427 GWh | +40 GWh | 1 day |
| 10 December 2019 | 387 GWh | +1 GWh | 2 months |
| 8 December 2019 | 386 GWh | +8 GWh | 2 days |
| 8 February 2019 | 378 GWh | +18 GWh | 10 months |
| 13 January 2019 | 359 GWh | +13 GWh | 26 days |
| 1 March 2018 | 346 GWh | +24 GWh | 10 months |
| 24 January 2018 | 322 GWh | +10 GWh | 36 days |
| 16 January 2018 | 312 GWh | +15 GWh | 8 days |
| 8 December 2017 | 297 GWh | +2 GWh | 39 days |
| 7 December 2017 | 294 GWh | +21 GWh | 1 day |
| 2 October 2017 | 274 GWh | +14 GWh | 2 months |
| 11 January 2017 | 259 GWh | +15 GWh | 9 months |
| 24 December 2016 | 244 GWh | +16 GWh | 18 days |
| 23 December 2016 | 228 GWh | +26 GWh | 1 day |
| 7 December 2016 | 202 GWh | +12 GWh | 16 days |
| 26 March 2016 | 190 GWh | +81 GWh | 8 months |
| 25 March 2016 | 109 GWh | +5 GWh | 1 day |
| 24 March 2016 | 104 GWh | +30 GWh | 1 day |
| 16 March 2016 | 74 GWh | +11 GWh | 8 days |
| 14 March 2016 | 63 GWh | +8 GWh | 2 days |
| 12 March 2016 | 55 GWh | +6 GWh | 2 days |
| 11 March 2016 | 48 GWh | +27 GWh | 1 day |
| 10 March 2016 | 21 GWh | — | 1 day |
The 12 grey rows are from the first year of the data, when each new day could set a record.