Weather in Essex

Calculated from weather data of Southend Airport (EGMC) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.7	7.5	8.5	7.9	6.2	9.1
February	9.7	11.5	10.3	11.9	8.1	10.1
March	11.0	11.8	10.5	11.5	10.8	10.0
April	13.4		12.6	13.8	10.9	14.5
May	17.2		16.3	18.1	14.8	18.3
June	21.2		22.3	21.1	21.0	20.3
July	23.2		22.1	25.1	22.1	21.8
August	23.0		23.8	25.3	20.8	23.8
September	20.0		22.8	19.6	21.0	19.8
October	16.0		17.3	17.5	16.1	14.1
November	11.2		11.0	12.5	10.9	12.1
December	8.8		9.8	5.7	9.5	8.0
Average	14.6	10.3	15.7	16.2	14.4	15.2

10th 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	2.1	3	2	2	1	4
February	3.4	7	3	4	3	4
March	4.4	6	5	4	3	4
April	4.7		6	5	2	5
May	8.3		10	9	7	7
June	12.1		15	11	12	11
July	13.9		15	14	14	13
August	12.9		10	14	13	15
September	11.2		14	11	12	10
October	8.7		10	10	9	9
November	5.1		5	7	5	5
December	3.7		6	0	5	3
Average	7.2	5.3	8.3	7.6	7.1	7.4

56th 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	7	6	0	3
25 °C or warmer	0	24	31	8	20
20 °C or warmer	0	94	102	77	83
0 °C or colder	9	30	25	31	14

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.4	7	9	3	18	5
February	10.3	9	1	9	16	16
March	9.5	11	18	5	6	6
April	4.7		10	2	0	4
May	3.9		2	7	8	1
June	4.4		2	2	8	6
July	4.6		8	0	6	4
August	4.7		4	2	2	6
September	4.8		2	4	3	5
October	9.2		10	4	7	21
November	9.4		12	19	6	3
December	11.2		17	4	9	11
Average	6.8	9.3	7.2	4.6	6.8	6.7

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	17.7	20	19	15	17	19
February	20.9	21	16	27	18	29
March	19.9	20	20	17	19	22
April	16.5		17	18	16	16
May	15.6		15	15	18	17
June	16.3		16	16	12	18
July	16.6		20	16	15	17
August	16.6		16	16	17	18
September	16.6		15	15	15	18
October	18.3		17	19	18	20
November	16.9		19	18	15	17
December	18.2		21	13	17	17
Average	17.6	20.0	17.4	16.9	16.1	18.7

56th 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	SW	S	SW
March	S	SW	E	W	SW
April		E	NE	NE	E
May		NE	SW	SW	NE
June		E	S	NE	SW
July		SW	SW	S	SW
August		SW	E	SW	SW
September		S	W	S	W
October		SW	SW	SW	SW
November		W	SW	W	SW
December		SW	N	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

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

Essex weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Essex?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 23 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Essex?

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

Which month is the wettest in Essex?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 11.2 %.

Which month is the driest in Essex?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 3.9 %.