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UK last month

July 2025

July began with high temperatures in the south of the UK, with the hottest temperature of the year so far, 35.8°C, recorded in Faversham, Kent. The weather then turned unsettled as frontal systems moved in, bringing rain to many areas. In particular, Scotland and northwestern regions saw heavy downpours, some thundery. Temperatures dropped to below average in most areas for a couple days, before returning to around average for the rest of the first week. Pressure built again and brought more settled weather, although there were still outbreaks of light rain and drizzle in the north and northwest. Above-average temperatures and dry weather persisted for most of the second week of July before showers began to arrive, some heavy in parts of Scotland and northeast England. Temperatures then returned to around average, with outbreaks of occasionally thundery showers. For the rest of the month, temperatures were slightly above average for most and the weather was unsettled. Frontal systems brought more organised rainfall between the 19^th and 21^st, with particularly heavy rain experienced in Scotland and Northern Ireland. There were also convective showers, some thundery, across central and southeastern England. The month closed with unsettled weather brining rain and showers across parts of the country.

Provisional temperatures for the UK were above average, with the UK seeing a mean temperature of 16.8°C, 1.5°C above the long-term average and the UK’s fifth warmest July on record. Minimum temperatures in particular were high, with the UK recording its second highest minimum temperatures for July on record. Rainfall was below average for all four nations, although there was strong regional variation: provisionally, Wales saw only 59% of the long-term average rainfall while Scotland saw 99% of the average. Southeast England was much wetter than southwest England, with Kent provisionally recording 186% of the average rainfall compared to Dorset seeing just 44% of the average. Sunshine hours were above average for Scotland, Wales and England, but Northern Ireland saw slightly below average sunshine hours. Wales and northern Scotland were particularly sunny.

The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 35.8°C was recorded at Faversham (Kent) on the 1^st. A minimum temperature of 1.1°C was recorded at Altnaharra (Sutherland) on the 8^th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 5^th, 91.8mm of rain fell at Honister Pass (Cumbria). A wind gust of 54 knots (62 mph) was recorded at Aberdaron (Gwynedd) on the 15^th.

Regional values for July 2025