Climate of England

England has an oceanic climate.  Summers are mild, and sometimes cold and wet.
Winters are also mild, and mostly wet and windy.

## Weather records

The highest temperature ever recorded in England was  on 19 July 2022 in Coningsby.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in England was  on 10 January 1982 in Newport.

The highest wind gust ever recorded in England was 196 km/h (122 mph, 55 m/s) on 18 February 2022 at The Needles, Isle of Wight.

The highest 24-hour precipitation sum ever recorded in England was 341.4 millimeters on 5 December 2015 at Honister Pass, Cumbria.

## Top 10 warmest days measured in England

|Rank|Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.||19 July 2022|Coningsby, Lincolnshire|
|2.||25 July 2019|Cambridge|
|3.||10 August 2003|Faversham, Kent|
|4.||18 July 2022|Pitsford, Northamptonshire|
|5.||31 July 2020|Heathrow Airport|
|6.||3 August 1990|Cheltenham, Gloucestershire|
|7.||1 July 2015|Heathrow Airport|
|8.||9 August 1911|Canterbury|
|9.||2 August 1990|Worcester|
|10.||19 July 2006|Wisley, Surrey|

## Highest temperature per year in England, 1990-2025

|Year|Highest Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2025||1 July|Faversham|
|2024||12 August|Cambridge|
|2023||10 September|Faversham|
|2022||19 July|Coningsby, near Lincoln|
|2021||20 July|Heathrow Airport|
|2020||31 July|Heathrow Airport|
|2019||25 July|Cambridge|
|2018||27 July|Felsham|
|2017||21 June|Heathrow Airport|
|2016||13 September|Gravesend|
|2015||1 July|Heathrow Airport|
|2014||18 July|Gravesend|
|2013||1 August|Heathrow Airport|
|2012||18 August|Cavendish|
|2011||27 June|Gravesend|
|2010||9 July|Gravesend|
|2009||30 June|Wisley, near Woking|
|2008||28 July|Cambridge|
|2007||5 August|Cambridge|
|2006||19 July|Wisley, near Woking|
|2005||19 June|Heathrow Airport|
|2004||8 August|Northolt, London|
|2003||10 August|Faversham|
|2002||29 July|Northolt, London|
|2001||26 June|Northolt, London|
|2000||19 June|Coltishall, near Norwich|
|1999||2 August|Hunstanton|
|1998||10 August|Gravesend|
|1997||9 August|Writtle, near Chelmsford|
|1996||22 July|Boxworth, near Cambridge|
|1995||1 August|Boxworth, near Cambridge|
|1994||12 July|Morley Saint Botolph, near Wymondham|
|1993||4 July|East Bergholt|
|1992||29 June|Malvern|
|1991||11 July|Cromer|
|1990||3 August|Cheltenham|

## Highest temperatures measured at London Heathrow

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||25 July 2019, 10 August 2003|
||31 July 2020|
||18 July 2022|
||1 July 2015|

## Highest temperatures measured in Sheffield

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||18 July 2022|
||25 July 2019|
||31 July 2020, 3 August 1990|
||9 August 1911|

## Highest temperatures measured in Oxford

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||18 July 2022|
||25 July 2019|
||31 July 2020, 3 August 1990|
||19 July 2006, 9 August 1911|

## Highest temperatures measured in Hastings

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||18 July 2022|
||19 July 2006|
||9 August 2020|
||8 August 2020|

## Highest temperatures measured in Plymouth

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||18 July 2022|
||11 August 2022|
||10 August 2022|
||28 June 1976|
||12 August 2022|

## Highest temperatures measured in Durham

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||25 July 2019|
||2 August 1990|
||18 July 2022|
||1 August 1990|

## Highest temperatures measured in Morpeth

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||2 August 1990|
||1 August 1990|
||18 July 2022|
||11 August 2022|

## Highest temperatures measured in Ipswich

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||18 July 2022|
||10 August 2003|
||25 July 2019|
||26 July 2018|

## Highest temperatures measured in Stoke-on-Trent

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||18 July 2022|
||3 August 1990|
||25 July 2019|
||9 August 2003|

## Highest temperatures measured in Preston

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||2 August 1990|
||18 July 2022|
||9 August 2003|
||14 August 2022, 3 August 1990|

## Highest temperatures measured in Buxton

|Temperature|Date|
| --- | --- |
||19 July 2022|
||18 July 2022|
||3 August 1990|
||2 August 1990|
||9 August 2003|