What meteorological measures are included in the UK weather table?

The table reports monthly mean, maximum and minimum air temperature in °C, total rainfall in mm, sunshine duration in hours, days of air frost, and the Central England temperature series.

What geographic areas does the UK weather data cover?

Data covers the United Kingdom overall, with distinct series for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, alongside the regional Central England series.

How far back does the Central England temperature record go?

The Central England temperature series provides continuous monthly temperature records since 1659, making it the longest instrumental climate record in the world.

Who compiles and publishes these UK climate statistics?

All series are compiled and published monthly by the Met Office through its UK climate and HadCET gridded observation network.

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UK weather — temperature, rain, sunshine

Name: UK weather — temperature, rain, sunshine
Creator: Met Office — UK climate and HadCET series
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source: Met Office — UK climate and HadCET seriesLast updated: Sep 06, 2026, 16:48Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Mean temperature5
United Kingdom	16.5	17.4	15.6	12	9	7	5.6	3.4	5.8	7.2	10.4	12.8	16.3	16.8	15.2	12	9.6	7	4.6	3	6.2	6.7	10.5	12.7	15.4	14.8	12.9	13.1	8.3	6.7	6.3	3.8	5.8	6.3	10.7	15.2	15.3
England	18.2	19.2	17.1	13.4	10	7.9	6.7	4	6.5	8.2	11.2	13.8	17.4	18	16.9	12.9	10.3	7.5	5	3.3	6.8	7.2	11.3	13.8	16.8	16.1	14	13.6	9.3	7.8	7.5	4.4	6.8	7.2	12.1	16.6	16.2
Wales	16.8	17.8	15.9	12.4	9.3	7.5	6.2	4.1	6.3	7.9	10.6	12.7	16.3	16.6	15.3	12.2	10	7	4.8	3.5	6.6	7.3	10.7	12.8	15.3	14.7	12.8	12.7	8.5	7	6.9	4.3	6.9	7.3	11.5	15.6	15.2
Scotland	13.8	14.5	13	9.6	7.4	5.4	3.7	2.2	4.6	5.4	9	11.3	14.6	14.9	12.7	10.3	8.3	6.1	3.8	2.3	5.1	5.4	9	10.7	13.1	12.8	11.2	12.3	6.6	5	4.2	2.5	3.6	4.4	8.3	12.8	13.8
Northern Ireland	15.2	16.4	14.6	11.7	8.6	6.8	5.5	4.1	5.9	7.2	10.5	12.2	15.9	15.9	14.1	12	9.8	7.5	5.6	4	6.5	7.5	10.5	12.1	14.4	14	12.4	12.9	8.3	6.6	6.4	4.2	6.5	6.7	10.9	14.2	14.9
Maximum temperature5
United Kingdom	21.4	22.6	19.9	16.8	13.9	10.9	7.9	6	8.4	10.1	13.3	16.9	20.9	21.3	19.8	17.4	14.9	11.4	7.4	5.9	8.6	9.6	13.8	16.4	19.5	19	17.3	17.2	12.1	10	9.2	6.6	8.3	9.3	14	19.4	19.3
England	23.9	25.1	21.9	18.7	15.2	11.9	9	6.8	9.1	11.1	14.2	18.2	22.5	22.9	21.9	18.4	15.9	12.4	7.8	6.2	9.2	10.1	14.8	17.6	21.4	20.7	18.9	17.8	13.1	11.1	10.5	7.3	9.3	10.2	15.6	21.1	20.6
Wales	22.1	23.3	19.9	16.9	14.2	11	8.3	6.8	8.7	10.7	13.3	16.5	20.9	20.8	19.2	17.5	15.2	11.5	7.3	6.4	8.9	10.2	14	16.1	19	18.8	16.9	16.8	12	10	9.5	7	9.2	9.9	14.6	19.5	18.6
Scotland	17.5	18.5	16.8	13.9	11.8	9.2	5.9	4.4	7.2	8.3	11.8	15	18.5	18.9	16.6	15.7	13.3	9.9	6.6	5.1	7.6	8.5	12	14.5	16.6	16.6	14.9	16.3	10.3	8.1	7.1	5.4	6.3	7.4	11.1	16.6	17.4
Northern Ireland	19.1	20.7	18.7	15.7	13.1	10.8	8	6.5	8.6	10	12.9	15.8	19.8	19.8	18	17.4	14.6	11.4	8.2	6.8	9	10.2	13.6	15.9	18.1	17.9	16.2	16.7	12.1	9.8	9.4	7.2	8.9	9.8	13.9	18	18.6
Minimum temperature5
United Kingdom	11.7	12.3	11.3	7.3	4.1	3.1	3.4	0.8	3.3	4.3	7.6	8.8	11.7	12.3	10.8	6.6	4.3	2.6	1.9	0.2	3.8	3.7	7.2	8.9	11.3	10.6	8.6	9	4.6	3.5	3.5	1	3.3	3.4	7.6	11	11.4
England	12.6	13.3	12.4	8.1	4.7	3.9	4.4	1.1	3.8	5.2	8.2	9.4	12.3	13.1	11.9	7.5	4.7	2.6	2.2	0.3	4.4	4.3	7.8	10	12.3	11.5	9.2	9.3	5.4	4.4	4.5	1.6	4.3	4.3	8.6	12.1	12
Wales	11.5	12.3	12	8	4.5	3.9	4.1	1.3	4	5.2	7.9	9	11.8	12.4	11.5	6.9	4.8	2.6	2.3	0.6	4.3	4.5	7.5	9.5	11.7	10.6	8.7	8.7	5.2	4	4.4	1.7	4.7	4.7	8.5	11.8	11.8
Scotland	10.3	10.5	9.5	5.6	3	1.7	1.4	0	2.1	2.6	6.4	7.7	10.7	11	9	5.1	3.3	2.4	1	-0.4	2.7	2.4	6	7	9.7	9.2	7.7	8.5	2.9	2	1.4	-0.4	1.1	1.5	5.5	9	10.3
Northern Ireland	11.3	12.3	10.5	7.5	4.3	2.9	3	1.6	3.2	4.5	8.1	8.7	12	12.2	10.3	6.6	5	3.5	3	1.2	4	4.7	7.4	8.5	10.7	10.1	8.6	9	4.5	3.5	3.3	1.1	4.1	3.6	7.8	10.4	11.2
Rainfall5
United Kingdom	75.8	28.9	90.6	55.1	55	86.6	118.6	142.6	138.4	164.6	123.9	120.9	59.1	74	81.9	50.7	40.3	36.6	72.5	98.6	146	88.1	105.7	116.8	104.3	84.7	55.2	83.4	109.5	108	144	123.3	194.5	121.5	177.7	121.4	89.4
England	58.5	6.5	67.8	42.3	21.3	48.5	112.5	124.2	107.5	139.8	82.2	102.7	31.4	58.6	52.3	32.7	28.4	14.6	52	95.5	82.7	77.7	92.7	137.3	46.5	80.5	33.9	85.5	85.5	94.9	131.7	87.7	148.2	112.9	151.3	84.2	73.1
Wales	72.4	9.3	97.8	69.9	55.5	95.1	162.6	175.6	206.8	261.4	145.9	197.7	69.9	59.9	114.7	51.2	72.1	24.3	92.4	150.1	191.5	138.4	131.1	161.1	103.4	92.7	49.6	96.7	138.7	161.6	215.4	167	266.3	175.4	216.4	161	121.7
Scotland	104.3	72	118.7	69.6	108.8	148.6	116.5	155.2	177.9	183.7	181.9	125.9	101.2	103	118.5	79.4	44.7	78.4	102	94	249.5	92.7	124.4	79.9	196.7	91.1	91.5	82.3	142.8	113.4	155.8	177.1	255.7	126.3	210.9	170.3	102.8
Northern Ireland	84.3	26.9	135.6	71.5	68	81.9	119.4	195.6	100.6	143.3	156.5	147.2	66.5	76.6	103.9	57.9	81.9	26.5	68.8	75.9	90.6	84	83	65.9	127.4	76.2	59.3	48.4	101.5	118.9	87.5	88.8	178.1	95.5	181.3	135.9	118.7
Days with 1 mm or more of rain5
United Kingdom	11.1	5	14.3	11.1	9.1	11.9	18.8	18.7	15.1	19.1	14.1	14.9	9.2	11.2	12.5	7.1	5.9	6.3	11.1	12.1	15.3	10.3	14.4	13.3	13.5	12.5	10	11.4	16.1	17.8	17.4	13.1	21.1	16.5	16.9	13.4	14.5
England	8.7	1.5	12.1	8.7	5.4	8	18.9	18.2	13.4	17.2	11.6	13.5	6.5	10.1	9.3	5.9	4.2	3.4	10.1	10.5	12	8.7	12.9	14	8.4	11	7.2	11.6	14.5	16.8	15.4	9.8	19.7	15.7	15.5	10.9	12.5
Wales	10.8	2.4	14	11.3	9.8	13.5	22.4	23.3	17.2	21.7	15.6	17.8	9.9	11.2	14.7	8	8.3	4.8	11.8	14.2	17.2	11.9	15.5	16.8	13.7	13.8	8.2	12.8	16.9	21.5	21.5	14.5	24.1	20.4	20.2	16.4	17.5
Scotland	14.3	11.1	17.3	14.9	14.4	17.4	17.5	17.5	17.1	20.8	17.4	15.6	13	12.8	16.6	8.5	7.2	11.5	12.2	13.9	20.4	12.2	16.4	11.7	21	14.3	15	10.8	18.2	18	19.6	18.1	22.6	17	18.2	16.1	16.7
Northern Ireland	15.6	7	18.1	12.7	12.5	16.2	20.4	22.9	16.3	22.5	16.3	19.8	12.2	13.4	16.5	8.5	11.6	6.7	14.2	13.5	15.9	11.6	16.8	11	19.2	14.1	12	10.4	18.2	20.5	17.3	14.2	21.6	15.8	18	17.7	16.9
Sunshine5
United Kingdom	184.8	258.7	178.4	200.9	215.2	132.3	41.6	47.7	46.5	60.6	63	140	179.8	182.3	192.9	266.2	227.7	157.1	67.2	61.5	24.1	51.1	89.3	122.8	161.6	155	178.4	160.1	124.9	96.9	57.2	59.7	27.2	64.7	84.3	139.9	151.1
England	236.3	305.6	210.4	229.3	232.4	143.5	43	58.3	56.7	70.2	70.8	158.2	199.1	204.2	232.5	260.2	243.5	183.5	67.2	68.8	27.6	56.3	99.8	122.5	185.4	181	208.5	170.9	128.8	95.7	52.7	68.7	28.6	75	93.5	153.9	169.3
Wales	205.8	308	185.6	201	209.5	129.1	35.1	50.2	52.7	62.3	54.2	127.2	184.3	192.9	175.7	263.5	218.3	165.2	68.2	61.2	23.3	43.5	97.1	104.9	150.2	152	175.4	161.6	114.8	90.6	43.4	57.8	22.7	52	81.9	129.5	127.9
Scotland	108.8	178.6	131.1	157.7	194.3	117.8	42.5	30	28	44.7	56.9	117.4	153.9	151	143.1	273.2	205.8	117.9	67.3	50	18.5	46.4	69.9	125.9	130.2	120.1	139.7	145.2	121.4	102.1	67.2	45.8	26.3	51	70.1	122.2	131.6
Northern Ireland	96.8	194.2	133	174.9	178.1	115.2	33.7	43.5	46.2	58.5	38.2	114.2	136.6	136	126.1	283.9	214.7	116.1	64.9	58.4	22.7	40	88	134	130.7	110.2	115.8	139	122.9	87	63.9	56.3	25.8	63.1	81	122.7	122.3
Days of air frost5
United Kingdom	0	0	0	1.3	2.8	4.4	4.7	11.8	4.6	6.8	0.6	0.1	0	0	0	0.8	1.9	8	7.4	14.5	3.5	7.4	0.9	0.2	0	0	0	0	2.7	4.2	5.2	11.8	7.6	6.1	1	0	0
England	0	0	0	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.5	11.1	2.9	5.6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1.3	8.4	5.9	13.4	1	6.5	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2.5	3.1	9.7	5.6	4.2	0.4	0	0
Wales	0	0	0	0.6	1.3	1.7	3.6	10.2	3.2	5.3	0	0.2	0	0	0	0.4	0.8	9.1	5.6	12.7	0.9	5.4	0.8	0.1	0	0	0	0	2	4	3.3	11.2	4.4	3.4	0.2	0	0
Scotland	0	0	0	2.9	5.5	8.9	8.5	13.9	7.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	0	0	0.1	1.9	3.6	7.7	11.1	17.2	8.4	9.5	2	0.5	0	0	0.1	0	5.5	7.4	9.6	15.5	12.4	10.5	2.3	0.1	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0.5	2.3	3.8	5.3	9.2	4.4	3.6	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0.8	4	3.5	12.6	4.1	6.6	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	3.1	3.7	10.9	4.9	4	0.5	0	0
Central England temperature since 1659	18.6	19.5	17.4	13.6	10.4	8.2	7.2	4.4	6.7	8.4	11.3	14.1	17.7	18.4	17	13.2	10.9	7.9	5.3	3.4	6.8	7.2	11.5	14	17	16.3	14	14.1	9.7	8.2	7.8	4.8	7.1	7.4	12.2	17	16.4

Latest reading

United Kingdom stood at 16.5 °C in Aug 2026. That is −0.9 °C from Jul 2026 and +0.2 °C from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1884 to Aug 2026. Source: Met Office — UK climate and HadCET series.

Latest: 16.5 °C; Aug 2026
vs previous period: −0.9 °C; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: +0.2 °C

About this data

Monthly weather for the United Kingdom and its four nations from the Met Office's gridded observation network: mean, maximum and minimum air temperature since 1884, rainfall since 1836, sunshine hours since 1910 and days of air frost since 1931. Temperature is the single largest driver of month-to-month swings in electricity and gas demand; sunshine sets solar output, and rainfall and frost bound the growing season. The table also carries the Central England temperature series, monthly from 1659 — the longest instrumental temperature record in the world.

Frequently asked questions

What meteorological measures are included in the UK weather table?: The table reports monthly mean, maximum and minimum air temperature in °C, total rainfall in mm, sunshine duration in hours, days of air frost, and the Central England temperature series.
What geographic areas does the UK weather data cover?: Data covers the United Kingdom overall, with distinct series for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, alongside the regional Central England series.
How far back does the Central England temperature record go?: The Central England temperature series provides continuous monthly temperature records since 1659, making it the longest instrumental climate record in the world.
Who compiles and publishes these UK climate statistics?: All series are compiled and published monthly by the Met Office through its UK climate and HadCET gridded observation network.