climate archive

Compare years: 1940-2025

Every year since 1940 side by side: average temperature, rainfall, sunshine, frost days and hot days for London. Click a year for the full overview.

Year	Avg. high	Avg. low	Rainfall	Sun hours	Frost days	Hot days
1940	13.5°C	6.6°C	474 mm	2879 hrs	60	0
1941	13.1°C	6.8°C	512 mm	2713 hrs	44	0
1942	12.8°C	6.3°C	506 mm	2746 hrs	60	0
1943	14.1°C	6.8°C	432 mm	2991 hrs	28	1
1944	13.4°C	6.5°C	457 mm	2998 hrs	34	0
1945	14.2°C	7.3°C	498 mm	2951 hrs	36	0
1946	13.4°C	6.8°C	601 mm	2856 hrs	52	0
1947	14.4°C	7°C	368 mm	3022 hrs	65	5
1948	14.2°C	7.3°C	573 mm	2809 hrs	26	2
1949	14.7°C	7.3°C	492 mm	2990 hrs	30	0
1950	13.4°C	6.5°C	605 mm	2856 hrs	52	0
1951	13.2°C	6.3°C	716 mm	2766 hrs	39	0
1952	13.2°C	6.2°C	674 mm	2828 hrs	65	1
1953	13.5°C	6.6°C	506 mm	2787 hrs	44	0
1954	12.8°C	6°C	570 mm	2577 hrs	48	0
1955	13.2°C	5.6°C	528 mm	2943 hrs	76	0
1956	12.5°C	5.4°C	512 mm	2790 hrs	75	0
1957	14°C	6.8°C	503 mm	2825 hrs	36	1
1958	13.3°C	6.3°C	666 mm	2650 hrs	59	0
1959	14.7°C	7.1°C	505 mm	3046 hrs	30	1
1960	13.6°C	6.8°C	687 mm	2736 hrs	38	0
1961	14.5°C	7°C	511 mm	2847 hrs	33	0
1962	12.4°C	5.3°C	543 mm	2818 hrs	73	0
1963	12°C	5°C	563 mm	2773 hrs	85	0
1964	13.3°C	6.3°C	531 mm	2740 hrs	58	0
1965	13°C	5.8°C	613 mm	2780 hrs	64	0
1966	13.3°C	6.5°C	698 mm	2612 hrs	36	0
1967	13.4°C	6.6°C	652 mm	2772 hrs	41	0
1968	12.8°C	6.3°C	785 mm	2491 hrs	56	0
1969	13.1°C	6.2°C	562 mm	2523 hrs	61	0
1970	13.3°C	6.2°C	686 mm	2685 hrs	65	0
1971	13.4°C	6.7°C	627 mm	2548 hrs	33	0
1972	12.8°C	6.5°C	660 mm	2401 hrs	22	0
1973	13.4°C	6.3°C	510 mm	2686 hrs	45	0
1974	13.2°C	6.5°C	798 mm	2628 hrs	16	0
1975	13.6°C	6.4°C	619 mm	2748 hrs	39	1
1976	14°C	6.8°C	526 mm	2830 hrs	57	4
1977	13°C	6.6°C	671 mm	2580 hrs	35	0
1978	13°C	6.4°C	665 mm	2515 hrs	57	0
1979	12.7°C	5.9°C	774 mm	2624 hrs	72	0
1980	12.9°C	6.3°C	639 mm	2571 hrs	47	0
1981	12.9°C	6.2°C	674 mm	2396 hrs	52	0
1982	13.8°C	6.8°C	710 mm	2686 hrs	38	0
1983	14°C	6.9°C	597 mm	2735 hrs	46	0
1984	13.6°C	6.5°C	614 mm	2635 hrs	38	0
1985	12.7°C	6.1°C	651 mm	2600 hrs	67	0
1986	12.6°C	5.7°C	673 mm	2677 hrs	54	0
1987	12.8°C	6.3°C	699 mm	2534 hrs	56	0
1988	13.5°C	7°C	573 mm	2628 hrs	25	0
1989	14.9°C	7.5°C	537 mm	2857 hrs	20	1
1990	15°C	7.6°C	448 mm	2971 hrs	14	3
1991	13.3°C	6.6°C	556 mm	2610 hrs	48	0
1992	13.8°C	6.9°C	702 mm	2574 hrs	37	0
1993	13.5°C	6.7°C	641 mm	2606 hrs	36	0
1994	14.2°C	7.4°C	627 mm	2710 hrs	27	1
1995	14.6°C	7.3°C	542 mm	2871 hrs	43	1
1996	13°C	6.1°C	501 mm	2745 hrs	56	0
1997	14.5°C	7.4°C	539 mm	2756 hrs	32	0
1998	14°C	7.3°C	735 mm	2643 hrs	28	0
1999	14.3°C	7.6°C	637 mm	2771 hrs	24	0
2000	13.9°C	7.3°C	860 mm	2655 hrs	30	0
2001	13.7°C	6.8°C	744 mm	2751 hrs	48	0
2002	14.4°C	7.8°C	720 mm	2645 hrs	15	0
2003	14.7°C	7.2°C	553 mm	2982 hrs	44	4
2004	14.2°C	7.4°C	608 mm	2738 hrs	33	0
2005	14.4°C	7.4°C	510 mm	2744 hrs	47	0
2006	14.7°C	7.9°C	626 mm	2793 hrs	31	1
2007	14.4°C	7.5°C	647 mm	2775 hrs	27	0
2008	13.8°C	7°C	675 mm	2728 hrs	38	0
2009	13.9°C	7.1°C	619 mm	2778 hrs	47	0
2010	12.7°C	5.9°C	588 mm	2693 hrs	75	0
2011	14.8°C	7.8°C	473 mm	2688 hrs	23	0
2012	13.5°C	6.8°C	860 mm	2655 hrs	36	0
2013	13.3°C	6.6°C	635 mm	2648 hrs	63	1
2014	15°C	8.1°C	782 mm	2951 hrs	16	0
2015	14.3°C	7.5°C	638 mm	2666 hrs	26	1
2016	14.3°C	7.5°C	583 mm	2769 hrs	37	0
2017	14.8°C	7.6°C	660 mm	2621 hrs	38	1
2018	15.4°C	7.6°C	615 mm	2786 hrs	33	5
2019	15°C	7.3°C	829 mm	2861 hrs	28	6
2020	15.5°C	7.8°C	765 mm	2884 hrs	18	8
2021	14.4°C	7.1°C	783 mm	2703 hrs	45	0
2022	16.1°C	7.8°C	663 mm	3048 hrs	30	8
2023	15.6°C	7.9°C	781 mm	2785 hrs	35	2
2024	15.3°C	8.3°C	894 mm	2604 hrs	14	1
2025	16°C	9°C	613 mm	2951 hrs	21	8

Measured in London. Source: Open-Meteo historical data (ERA5 reanalysis). Climate normal 1991-2020: 14.2°C avg. high, 649 mm rain, 2737 sun hours.

Compare years: 1940-2025

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