Summer 2026

Sat, 26/09/2026 - 8:45am — Carol

How was summer 2026 near you?

☀️ Temperature

In your area, the average daily high during June, July and August was 21.4C, according to provisional Met Office data.

This is 2.8C above the long-term summer average between 1991 and 2020.

Your area had about 18 days above 25C, the local temperature threshold for a heatwave.

What about the year to date? Click the buttons in the chart below to see your local temperatures compared with the typical maximum, average and minimum.

Average daily maximum temperature in 2026 in each month compared with the equivalent for the 1991-2020 average

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In your area, summer temperatures were above average, based on average daily highs. Nearly everywhere in the UK was warmer than the long-term average this summer.

Map of the UK showing almost all areas shaded red, indicating they are warmer than the long-term average. The highest anomalies are in the south of England. A pointer indicates the searched location.

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Average daily maximum in summer 2026 compared with the 1991-2020 average

Average daily maximum temperature map key

Colder: blue

Warmer: red

-4C: deepest blue

No Change: white

+4C: deepest red

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???? Rainfall

Approximately 133.2mm of rain fell in your area over three summer months.

This is roughly 37.5% below the long-term summer average between 1991 and 2020.

Click the buttons in the chart below to see your area's monthly rainfall and its difference from the long-term average.

Monthly rainfall in 2026 difference from the 1991-2020 average

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Rainfall Change Summer 2026

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In your area, summer rainfall was below average this year. Most of the UK experienced a drier than average summer.

Map of the UK showing almost all areas shaded degrees of brown, indicating they are drier than average. The South East was particularly dry. A pointer indicates the searched location.

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Total rainfall in summer 2026 as a percentage of 1991-2020 average summer rainfall

Total rainfall map key

Drier: brown

Wetter: blue

-100%: deepest brown

No Change: white

+100%: deepest blue

About the data

Zoomed-in map of the UK focused on a coastal part of north-east England illustrating the process of identifying nearest grid cells to a postcode. One-kilometre grid cell outlines overlay the white map. A red point indicating a single postcode sits inside one grid cell with a dark outline. All grid cells touching that centrall cell as well as the next layer surrounding are highlighted pink to show a 5 by 5 km square with a white centre.

High-pressure weather systems sat over the UK for much of the summer, bringing clear, sunny skies for many parts of the country and creating warm, dry conditions.

But global warming - mainly the result of the burning of fossil fuels - is raising average temperatures in the UK.

This means that any warm spells can reach higher temperatures than the same weather systems of the past.

The Met Office estimates that this summer's average temperature was made about 130 times more likely by human-caused climate change.

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