Weather in Leicestershire

Calculated from weather data of East Midlands Airport (EGNX) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.9	7.7	7.5	7.0	4.9	8.6
February	8.7	10.5	9.5	9.4	7.5	9.1
March	10.3	11.3	9.4	11.4	10.4	9.9
April	12.9		12.0	13.0	11.1	15.3
May	16.7		16.6	17.1	14.3	18.1
June	19.7		21.8	19.6	19.6	19.0
July	21.7		19.6	23.6	22.1	19.3
August	20.9		20.1	23.8	19.1	21.3
September	18.5		21.0	18.3	20.1	18.3
October	14.2		15.4	15.9	14.5	12.6
November	9.8		9.8	11.0	9.9	10.6
December	7.5		8.8	4.5	7.9	6.7
Average	13.5	9.8	14.3	14.9	13.4	14.1

49th 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	1.8	2	3	1	0	3
February	3.0	5	4	4	2	3
March	3.6	5	4	3	4	3
April	4.3		4	5	2	5
May	7.8		8	9	7	7
June	11.1		12	11	11	11
July	13.0		12	14	14	12
August	12.8		13	14	13	14
September	10.7		13	10	12	10
October	8.2		9	9	9	7
November	4.8		5	7	5	6
December	3.1		5	0	4	3
Average	6.6	4.2	7.7	7.3	6.8	6.9

44th 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	14	16	11	13
20 °C or warmer	0	59	72	52	56
0 °C or colder	8	23	24	32	11

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.0	7	9	4	17	11
February	13.0	16	2	16	10	19
March	11.4	11	15	9	8	7
April	6.1		10	3	1	6
May	6.4		4	6	12	2
June	7.9		2	6	5	12
July	7.3		12	3	6	9
August	6.6		6	4	6	10
September	7.6		9	5	6	6
October	11.6		14	8	10	19
November	10.7		11	14	4	9
December	14.4		25	8	12	20
Average	9.2	11.6	9.0	6.4	7.5	9.8

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	20.6	22	23	20	18	23
February	23.1	22	18	30	19	31
March	21.4	21	20	17	21	22
April	17.4		17	18	14	17
May	16.9		14	18	18	18
June	16.9		17	17	14	17
July	17.2		21	17	13	20
August	17.8		18	15	17	19
September	17.7		16	15	16	19
October	20.1		16	21	22	19
November	19.3		20	20	19	20
December	20.4		25	13	20	18
Average	19.0	21.2	18.3	18.1	17.0	19.7

43rd 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		S	N	NE	E
May		NE	SW	SW	W
June		NE	SW	NW	S
July		SW	W	W	SW
August		SW	W	W	SW
September		S	W	SW	SW
October		SW	SW	SW	SW
November		SW	S	W	SW
December		SW	SW	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

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

Leicestershire weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Leicestershire?

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

What is the coldest month in Leicestershire?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 7 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Leicestershire?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 14.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Leicestershire?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in April. The probability is about 6.1 %.