Record low night min for 14 Nov: -1.4 °C beats 4.1 °C (2019)
Today
Normal
14 Nov records
November records
All-time records
Low
High
Low
High
Low
High
Day max
–
10.6
8.2 (2019)
14.1 (2020)
0.6 (2010)
18.1 (2010)
-2.0 (2009)
39.1 (2022)
Night min
-1.4 °C-7.0
5.6
4.1 (2019)
12.9 (2025)
-5.0 (2010)
16.3 (2020)
-8.1 (2012)
21.5 (2026)
Avg temp
-1.3 °C-9.4
8.1
5.7 (2019)
13.3 (2025)
-2.1 (2010)
16.2 (2010)
-4.1 (2018)
30.1 (2022)
Rain
0.0 mm
2.265%
–
12.4 (2023)
–
29.8 (2014)
–
42.0 (2021)
Sunshine
–
2.8
0.0 (2025)
7.5 (2018)
–
8.6 (2018)
–
15.2 (2020)
Mean wind
0.0 mph
4.6
1.8 (2022)
9.9 (2009)
0.0 (2026)
15.6 (2024)
0.0 (2026)
16.4 (2020)
new record · Records since 2009 (ties show most recent year) · day max 09-21, night min 21-09 · normals 1991-2020; rain normal is average total and share of years with ≥0.2 mm on this date · more records
Notable in the rankings
Warmest year to date on record for min, max and mean temperature (9.8 °C, 18.4 °C, 14.1 °C) · 1st highest of 146 years since 1881 (100.0th %ile)provisional
3rd sunniest year to date (1809 hrs) · 3rd highest of 117 years since 1910 (98.2nd %ile)provisional
Most fog days month to date on record (3 days) · 1st highest of 18 months since 2009 (100.0th %ile)provisional
Most fog days year to date on record (9 days) · 1st highest of 18 years since 2009 (100.0th %ile)provisional
5 more
Highest air-frost hrs month to date on record (4 hrs) · 1st highest of 18 months since 2009 (100.0th %ile)provisional
=8th dullest month to date (18 hrs) · =8th lowest of 117 months since 1910 (93.1st %ile)provisional
5th smallest temperature range month to date (4.4 °C) · 5th lowest of 146 months since 1881 (97.2nd %ile)provisional
5th largest temperature range year to date (8.7 °C) · 5th highest of 146 years since 1881 (97.2nd %ile)provisional
2nd highest mean and minimum pressure month to date (1022 hPa, 1020 hPa) · 2nd highest of 18 months since 2009 (94.1st %ile)provisional
Ranks in the top 10 or above 99th percentile for historical record; provisional records shown if certain or period is 90% complete · rankings
Weather in brief
Yesterday
Thursday 12 November 2026
A cold, brilliantly sunny Thursday: the coldest 12 November on record here.
Max 7.3°C and mean 5.0°C, about 3°C below normal; both the coolest for the date in 18 years (previous lowest max 7.7°C in 2017), and the min of 2.9°C was also a date record low (previous 3.0°C, 2023).
Sunshine totalled 8.0 hours, effectively every hour possible and a new record for the date (previous 6.0 h, 2024), nearly three times the normal 2.8 h.
Dry, after 4.6 mm the day before.
The max has now stayed below normal on every day of November so far (12 days).
November so far is cool, dry and dull, though not extreme.
Mean temperature 8.1°C, 0.9°C below normal; highs averaged 10.1°C, the second-lowest for the first 12 days of November since 2009 (only 2016 was colder). The coldest day was today (12th), max 7.3°C, and the lowest min was 2.1°C on the 9th. No air frost yet.
Rain 9.0 mm, 34% of normal and the third-driest start since 2009; the wettest day was 4.6 mm on the 11th.
Sunshine 18.0 h, 51% of normal, with 6 sunless days; the best day was 8.0 h on the 12th.
Fog was seen on at least 3 days (a lower bound, as it is a manual observation).
2026 is on course to be the warmest and sunniest year at the station since 2009.
Mean temperature 14.2°C so far, 2.0°C above normal and the highest of the 18 years (previous years averaged 12.5°C); highs of 18.5°C and lows of 9.9°C are also the highest on record.
Sunshine 1,809 h, 122% of normal and the most for the period in the record, with a record 77 summer days (25°C+) and 24 hot days (30°C+). The year peaked at 35.8°C on 26 June and again on 13 August.
Rain 481 mm, 93% of normal, with only 75 days of 1 mm+, the second-fewest. The wettest day was 33.6 mm on 02 June, and the heaviest hour 32.0 mm on 23 June (second only to 2009).
Winter was mild: just 10 air frosts (normal 16.8), with a low of -4.0°C on 06 January and 2 snowfall days. At least 9 fog days is a record high, though it is a lower bound from manual observations.
October 2026: sunniest October on station record, with a wet second half and record early warmth
153.6 hours of sunshine (130% of normal) beat 2018's 153.0 for the sunniest October since 2009. 04 Oct (9.3 h) and 17 Oct (7.6 h) set date records.
Mean 12.9°C, 1.2°C above normal and 7th-warmest of 18 station Octobers. Highs ran 1.8°C above. 04–06 Oct each set a date record, peaking at 22.5°C on the 5th, and 15 Oct set date records for both max (21.2°C) and min (13.9°C). The coldest night was only 6.0°C (21st), the mildest monthly minimum since 2009, with no air frost.
Rain 89.6 mm (138% of normal), 7th-wettest since 2009. A 9-day wet spell (16–24 Oct) ended with 23.8 mm on the 24th, a date record. 07 Oct (7.4 mm) also set one.
Fog was noted at 09 on the 30th. Gusts reached 42.6 mph on the 25th, the 2nd-highest October gust since 2009.
Mean pressure (1019.3 hPa) was the 2nd-highest for October on station record.
