Weather in Wales

Calculated from weather data of Hawarden Airport (EGNR) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	7.7	8.4	8.4	5.9	9.9
February	9.5	10.6	10.3	10.0	8.3	9.5
March	10.9	11.0	10.0	12.4	10.6	11.0
April	13.4		12.9	13.9	11.8	15.5
May	17.0		17.1	17.0	14.1	18.0
June	20.1		22.5	19.3	20.1	19.3
July	21.0		19.3	21.6	22.1	18.6
August	20.5		19.6	22.8	19.8	20.8
September	18.4		20.3	18.1	20.0	18.0
October	14.8		15.3	16.1	15.5	13.5
November	10.7		10.1	11.5	11.4	11.5
December	8.3		9.4	4.9	8.6	7.5
Average	13.8	9.7	14.6	15.0	14.1	14.4

45th highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.6	3	4	4	3	5
February	4.3	6	5	6	4	4
March	5.3	6	6	5	6	5
April	6.6		7	7	5	7
May	10.7		12	12	9	11
June	14.0		15	14	14	14
July	15.3		15	16	17	14
August	14.6		14	16	14	16
September	12.0		13	13	14	11
October	9.5		10	11	11	9
November	6.2		6	7	7	7
December	4.3		6	-1	6	4
Average	8.4	4.9	9.4	9.5	9.1	9.0

76th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	7	1	0
25 °C or warmer	0	13	12	10	12
20 °C or warmer	0	55	54	56	46
0 °C or colder	7	16	12	10	4

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.6	18	10	3	22	10
February	12.8	14	3	20	11	23
March	12.2	16	19	9	7	4
April	9.0		13	6	2	6
May	8.4		5	9	22	2
June	8.4		2	7	4	11
July	9.3		15	5	7	15
August	8.3		11	6	7	12
September	11.6		12	10	8	6
October	14.5		15	14	13	20
November	13.3		19	17	5	14
December	17.0		20	9	21	23
Average	11.5	15.9	11.6	9.1	10.3	11.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.1	16	16	15	14	18
February	19.3	18	15	24	18	26
March	18.0	18	17	17	19	20
April	15.8		15	16	14	16
May	16.1		15	17	18	18
June	15.8		14	17	14	17
July	15.7		18	16	14	17
August	16.2		17	15	14	16
September	15.5		14	15	13	16
October	15.6		13	17	17	16
November	15.4		16	16	15	16
December	15.7		21	9	16	14
Average	16.4	17.3	15.7	16.4	15.4	17.5

65th highest wind speed of United Kingdom

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	W	W	SW
February	SW	W	W	SE	SW
March	S	SW	SE	W	SW
April		SE	NE	N	SE
May		NW	SW	W	W
June		SE	SW	NW	W
July		SW	NW	NW	W
August		W	W	W	SW
September		S	NW	SW	SW
October		S	S	SW	W
November		W	S	W	S
December		SW	SE	SW	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wales weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Wales?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 21 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Wales?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 8 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Wales?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 17.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Wales?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 8.3 %.