It was also sunnier than average, with less rain.
For many, what precipitation there was came in intense thundery downpours; on 20th July, Norwich Airport recorded 45.8mm in one hour, three-quarters of the ‘normal’ amount for the whole month.
A mean UK temperature of 16.3C was 1.2C up on the the long-term (1981-2010) average, making the month the joint-eighth warmest July on record, tied with 1933.
Nonetheless, this July fell short of the scorcher in 2013, which ranked third in the records with a mean temperature of 17C.
In figures
- UK mean temperature 16.3C – joint-eighth hottest
- There were 228.7 sunshine hours, making it the sixth sunniest July in records from 1929.
- Rainfall was below average, with the UK total of 64.1mm representing 82% of the ‘normal’ amount.
- However, rainfall patterns were variable – parts of the South East, for example, were actually much wetter than is usual.
- Highest temperature: 32.3C at Gravesend, Kent on the 18th
- Lowest temperature: 1.2C at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on the 6th
- Wettest day (midnight to midnight): 46mm at Northolt, Greater London on the 28th
- Sunniest day: 16.1 hours at Glasgow, on the 9th
- Strongest gust: 58mph at Warcop, Cumbria on the 18th
| Temperature (C) | Sunshine (hours) | Rainfall (mm) | ||||
July Provisional | Actual | Diff from avg | Actual | % of avg | Actual | % of avg | |
UK | 16.3 | 1.2 | 228.7 | 133 | 64.1 | 82 | |
England | 17.6 | 1.3 | 251.1 | 130 | 53.1 | 85 | |
Wales | 16.2 | 1.0 | 238.6 | 133 | 53.7 | 58 | |
Scotland | 14.4 | 1.2 | 200.0 | 142 | 85.4 | 86 | |
N Ireland | 15.7 | 1.1 | 166.0 | 118 | 61.1 | 75 | |