October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in London: typically 25.8°C by day, 11.6°C at night, with 12 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
June · July · September
March · November · April
The weakest month is January, scoring 41 against October’s 88 — days reach only 13.5°C, 10° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C | 4°C | 50 mm | 6.3 | 9 h 55 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| February | 16.8°C | 5.7°C | 42 mm | 6.1 | 10 h 48 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20°C | 7.8°C | 47 mm | 5.3 | 11 h 51 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23.1°C | 9.6°C | 25 mm | 3.2 | 13 h 04 | 87 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.6°C | 13.4°C | 10 mm | 1.7 | 14 h 05 | 85 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.1°C | 16.7°C | 4 mm | 0.4 | 14 h 38 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| July | 34.8°C | 19.7°C | 0 mm | 0 | 14 h 25 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| August | 34.4°C | 18.6°C | 0 mm | 0.1 | 13 h 33 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| September | 31.7°C | 16°C | 2 mm | 0.2 | 12 h 22 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25.8°C | 11.6°C | 12 mm | 1.5 | 11 h 12 | 88 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.5°C | 6.6°C | 22 mm | 2.9 | 10 h 11 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.4°C | 3.5°C | 44 mm | 5.1 | 9 h 41 | 41 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C31 Jan 1907 | -10.6°C5 Jan 1913 | 82 mm11 Jan 1940 | 196 mm1969 · driest 0 mm in 1948 | 122 |
| February | 31.7°C13 Feb 1921 | -4.4°C1 Feb 1972 | 64 mm25 Feb 2023 | 167 mm1936 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 123 |
| March | 34.4°C19 Mar 2026 | -5.6°C22 Mar 1898 | 62 mm13 Mar 1905 | 189 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 2026 | 125 |
| April | 39.4°C25 Apr 1898 | -3.3°C10 Apr 1913 | 56 mm5 Apr 2006 | 122 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 2013 | 123 |
| May | 42.2°C27 May 1951 | -1.7°C29 May 1906 | 32 mm27 May 1971 | 58 mm1906 · driest 0 mm in 1999 | 124 |
| June | 45.0°C22 Jun 1921 | 1.7°C13 Jun 1907 | 24 mm9 Jun 2000 | 32 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 1905 | 126 |
| July | 46.1°C18 Jul 1925 | 4.4°C2 Jul 1912 | 6 mm1 Jul 1982 | 6 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 1995 | 126 |
| August | 46.1°C12 Aug 1933 | 4.4°C31 Aug 1907 | 6 mm28 Aug 1916 | 6 mm1961 · driest 0 mm in 2016 | 125 |
| September | 43.3°C7 Sep 1904 | 0.0°C5 Sep 1912 | 36 mm30 Sep 1976 | 39 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1932 | 124 |
| October | 40.0°C4 Oct 1933 | -3.9°C31 Oct 1911 | 94 mm29 Oct 1974 | 119 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 1966 | 124 |
| November | 34.4°C6 Nov 1949 | -5.0°C22 Nov 1905 | 44 mm26 Nov 1970 | 91 mm1970 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 123 |
| December | 30.0°C17 Dec 1906 | -6.7°C17 Dec 1904 | 61 mm29 Dec 2001 | 161 mm2010 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 123 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| February | <1 | 0 | <1 | 1 |
| March | 3 | <1 | <1 | 2 |
| April | 10 | 2 | 0 | <1 |
| May | 21 | 9 | 0 | <1 |
| June | 27 | 21 | 0 | <1 |
| July | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 27 | 21 | 0 | <1 |
| October | 18 | 6 | 0 | <1 |
| November | 1 | 0 | <1 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5% | 20% | 6% | 23% | 10.9–16.3°C |
| February | 22% | 21% | 5% | 23% | 14.8–19.2°C |
| March | 49% | 18% | 5% | 17% | 17.5–22.5°C |
| April | 75% | 11% | 3% | 8% | 21.0–26.8°C |
| May | 92% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 25.4–31.1°C |
| June | 99% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 30.4–35.3°C |
| July | 100% | <1% | 0% | 0% | 34.3–38.9°C |
| August | 100% | <1% | 0% | 0% | 33.2–38.1°C |
| September | 98% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 30.0–34.9°C |
| October | 90% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 24.1–29.4°C |
| November | 45% | 11% | 3% | 9% | 17.3–22.8°C |
| December | 8% | 17% | 5% | 16% | 11.2–16.7°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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