Local Forecasts, History & Records
Summer Weather in Durham UK. Incorporating the months of June, July and August.
Early in the month there was a strong storm on 4th (named Storm Floris). Trees in full leaf were down, mainly in Scotland. This was a very early unseasonable storm for August. Temperatures held up well, and breached 30 degrees again on the 13th, with a peak of 31.5 degC. A cool spell then manifested itself between 18th-23rd. Overall, 24 …
Durham Weather Extremes since 1843 Means here are based on the 1991-2020 averages AUGUST Mean Temp : 15.6 degC Warmest : 17.6 degC in August 1975. Coldest : 11.7 degC in August 1912. Abs Max Temp : 32.5 degC on 3rd Aug, 1990. Abs Min Temp : 0.5 degC on 22nd Aug, 1864. Mean Rainfall : 66.2 mm Wettest : …
July 2025 started very reasonably in Durham, although there was a break in the drought at last and there was some rain in the first week. There was a very active gust front passed over on 7th July in late afternoon. Winds got pretty wild for 30 mins and the temperature dropped 5.4 degC in 40 minutes. Not much rain …
* Header image courtesy of Duncan Blakemore – Thunderstorm over Toft Hill The very dry weather of Spring continued. June began in a very similar way to June 2024. A few days of faux-warmth, followed by a lull back into the teens, then much warmer in the second half. Although there were 11 days with rain in the first half …
June 1975 in Durham was one for the books. If you were living in or around County Durham back then, chances are it left a mark on your memory. Not just because of how the month started, though that was remarkable in itself, but because of how quickly it turned around. It was a month that packed in winter, spring, …
A Legendary Summer The summer of 1976 is legendary in the UK. It is often talked about as being ‘The Best Summer Ever’. As a 16 year old kid, there were lots of outdoor activities for us. Tennis was high on the list as the footie season had just finished (I’ve hardly played since 😳). I also remember my paper …
Well, what can I tell you? The summer hasn’t exactly been brilliant has it? After a stuttering start in June, and a mixed July, August was a little disappointing. Don’t get me wrong, of the three summer months, August was steadier than the previous two. But it never really reached the pinnacle of ‘high summer’. The absolute maximum temperature was …
The topsy-turvy Summer 2024 weather continued into July. The last few days of June redeemed the month, but cooler weather returned and it continued into the first half of July. The first half of the month was wet, especially the 9th to 16th, when 50.8mm of the monthly total fell (67.9mm). The wettest day was the 9th (13.7mm), but the …
The month started very poorly indeed by recent standards, with a severe hangover from the 2nd half of May 2024. May was of course the warmest since 1833 in Durham, but the temperatures at the start of June were very disappointing, with only the 2nd and 3rd crawling past the 20 degC mark in the first half of the month. …
The poor weather of July 2023 extended into August. There was little respite from the rain, except for a drier week from 6th-13th. Temperatures during the same period were unimpressive, which made it feel less summery than it should have done. Either side of this dry period, there were heavy rains. On the 14th August 2023, there was what can …
We are getting so used to elevated temperatures that occasionally a month comes along that throws a spanner in the works. The worst time that it can possibly happen is in Summer. Against the backdrop of fierce temperatures in Southern Europe and USA, good old Britain gets a swing in the opposite direction. After a record-breaking June, July 2023 has …
June 2023 started cool. The high pressure cell was still in the wrong place for us in Durham, dragging in an Easterly component of wind from the cold North Sea. The long dry spell was ongoing at the beginning of June, with only 0.1 mm of rain to 10th June, and only one day with rain since 19th May 2023 …