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UK temperature

The average temperature across the UK each month, measured from a 1km grid of land observations. The record starts in 1884.

UK

Aug 2026

16.5°C

UK temperature, UK, Jan 1884 to Aug 2026
PeriodUK temperature (°C)
1 Sept 202114.7°C
1 Oct 202110.9°C
1 Nov 20217.0°C
1 Dec 20215.3°C
1 Jan 20224.7°C
1 Feb 20225.6°C
1 Mar 20226.7°C
1 Apr 20228.1°C
1 May 202211.8°C
1 Jun 202213.9°C
1 Jul 202216.5°C
1 Aug 202216.6°C
1 Sept 202213.4°C
1 Oct 202211.6°C
1 Nov 20228.2°C
1 Dec 20222.9°C
1 Jan 20234.4°C
1 Feb 20235.8°C
1 Mar 20235.7°C
1 Apr 20237.8°C
1 May 202311.6°C
1 Jun 202315.8°C
1 Jul 202315.0°C
1 Aug 202315.3°C
1 Sept 202315.2°C
1 Oct 202310.7°C
1 Nov 20236.3°C
1 Dec 20235.8°C
1 Jan 20243.8°C
1 Feb 20246.3°C
1 Mar 20246.7°C
1 Apr 20248.3°C
1 May 202413.1°C
1 Jun 202412.9°C
1 Jul 202414.8°C
1 Aug 202415.4°C
1 Sept 202412.7°C
1 Oct 202410.5°C
1 Nov 20246.7°C
1 Dec 20246.2°C
1 Jan 20253.0°C
1 Feb 20254.6°C
1 Mar 20257.0°C
1 Apr 20259.6°C
1 May 202512.0°C
1 Jun 202515.2°C
1 Jul 202516.8°C
1 Aug 202516.3°C
1 Sept 202512.8°C
1 Oct 202510.4°C
1 Nov 20257.2°C
1 Dec 20255.8°C
1 Jan 20263.4°C
1 Feb 20265.6°C
1 Mar 20267.0°C
1 Apr 20269.0°C
1 May 202612.0°C
1 Jun 202615.6°C
1 Jul 202617.4°C
1 Aug 202616.5°C
Areal average across the whole UK, from the HadUK-Grid 1km gridded data. The most recent months are provisional and are replaced when the annual version is released.

How this is measured

Published by
Met Office
Series
Tmean/UK
Covers
UK
Published
Monthly
History
Jan 1884 to Aug 2026
Last published
1 Sep 2026

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Met Office data. Source: Met Office, Hollis, D., McCarthy, M., Kendon, M., Legg, T., Simpson, I. (2018): HadUK-Grid gridded and regional average climate observations for the UK, Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. TrackBritain is not affiliated with the Met Office.

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