Weather in Hampshire

Calculated from weather data of Southampton Airport (EGHI) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.1	8.5	8.9	9.0	7.0	9.8
February	9.7	11.5	10.5	11.0	8.5	10.8
March	11.3	12.4	10.5	12.9	12.0	11.1
April	13.8	13.9	13.3	14.8	12.5	16.0
May	17.2		18.3	17.8	14.9	18.8
June	20.5		23.3	20.3	20.8	19.8
July	22.2		20.5	24.3	22.3	21.3
August	21.6		20.8	25.1	20.3	22.6
September	19.5		22.3	19.3	20.6	20.1
October	15.7		17.0	17.3	16.1	14.8
November	11.5		11.6	13.4	11.0	12.9
December	9.2		10.6	5.7	10.5	8.8
Average	14.6	11.5	15.6	16.2	15.0	15.5

6th 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	2.9	4	3	3	5	6
February	4.0	7	4	5	7	5
March	5.4	6	6	5	9	6
April	7.1	8	6	5	9	14
May	9.9		10	10	10	17
June	12.7		14	11	13	18
July	14.0		14	14	15	16
August	12.8		14	14	14	16
September	10.9		14	10	12	12
October	8.9		10	10	9	10
November	5.8		7	8	5	8
December	4.7		7	0	6	6
Average	8.0	6.2	9.1	8.2	9.5	10.8

65th 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	6	0	3
25 °C or warmer	0	18	25	11	13
20 °C or warmer	0	78	81	69	74
0 °C or colder	10	20	30	7	11

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.0	8	15	8	12	14
February	14.5	25	3	11	18	24
March	14.9	17	24	8	8	12
April	7.9	10	13	4	3	9
May	6.9		5	7	14	2
June	6.6		2	4	12	5
July	6.3		14	0	5	5
August	8.2		12	5	6	8
September	7.2		6	7	5	6
October	13.2		10	12	9	23
November	11.7		16	15	4	9
December	16.1		22	9	15	23
Average	10.4	14.5	11.2	6.6	8.4	12.0

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	12.1	14	14	9	12	14
February	15.3	14	9	21	16	22
March	14.8	14	16	13	16	17
April	12.7	16	11	13	14	13
May	12.3		13	11	17	14
June	12.5		12	13	10	16
July	12.7		15	12	12	15
August	12.3		12	10	13	14
September	11.6		10	9	10	12
October	12.8		9	12	13	15
November	11.8		13	12	11	10
December	12.3		15	7	13	10
Average	13.0	14.6	12.3	12.0	12.7	14.5

92nd 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	W	SW	W	NW	SW
February	SW	NW	SW	S	SW
March	S	SW	E	W	W
April	SW	SW	N	NE	E
May		N	SW	SW	N
June		N	S	NW	S
July		SW	SW	SW	SW
August		SW	S	SW	SW
September		SW	SW	SW	W
October		SW	SW	SW	SW
November		W	SW	NW	SW
December		SW	NE	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

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

Hampshire weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Hampshire?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 22 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Hampshire?

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

Which month is the wettest in Hampshire?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 16.2 %.

Which month is the driest in Hampshire?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 6.3 %.