Weather in Newcastle upon Tyne

Calculated from weather data of Newcastle Airport (EGNT) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.6	6.5	7.5	7.7	4.0	8.4
February	8.2	9.5	9.5	8.8	7.0	7.7
March	9.6	9.8	9.1	11.3	10.0	9.5
April	11.5		11.1	11.9	10.0	12.8
May	15.3		16.0	15.5	13.1	16.5
June	18.0		19.1	18.5	18.3	17.0
July	19.7		18.6	21.5	20.0	18.0
August	19.1		18.5	21.1	18.6	18.6
September	17.1		18.5	16.8	18.5	16.6
October	13.3		13.5	14.5	14.0	12.3
November	9.4		8.6	10.5	10.0	10.8
December	6.9		7.9	4.0	7.2	6.5
Average	12.4	8.6	13.2	13.8	12.6	12.9

70th 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	1.6	2	2	2	0	4
February	2.2	4	3	3	1	2
March	2.4	3	2	2	4	2
April	2.8		4	4	-1	3
May	6.3		7	8	5	6
June	9.4		9	10	9	10
July	11.4		11	13	12	11
August	11.1		11	12	11	12
September	9.1		10	9	11	8
October	6.9		7	9	8	6
November	4.1		3	5	4	5
December	1.9		3	-1	2	2
Average	5.4	2.8	6.0	6.4	5.4	5.8

20th 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	2	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	1	9	4	4
20 °C or warmer	0	37	43	33	25
0 °C or colder	16	44	32	52	19

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.6	13	11	3	16	9
February	14.9	14	4	14	26	20
March	12.3	17	11	6	7	7
April	5.9		10	4	3	1
May	6.2		4	5	10	3
June	9.6		8	4	4	10
July	10.4		16	6	8	10
August	9.6		11	4	6	10
September	10.1		13	12	6	9
October	14.3		18	12	11	20
November	14.3		17	15	8	6
December	12.3		21	4	14	18
Average	10.7	14.8	11.3	7.0	8.8	9.4

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	17.5	18	20	19	14	22
February	20.4	19	20	27	18	28
March	18.0	17	16	12	19	20
April	15.3		14	16	14	16
May	13.8		11	15	12	16
June	14.0		11	14	13	14
July	13.9		16	14	11	17
August	14.0		14	14	12	14
September	14.8		13	14	13	16
October	16.5		16	18	16	15
November	15.3		15	15	18	15
December	15.4		19	12	13	13
Average	15.7	17.7	14.7	15.6	13.9	16.9

76th 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	W	W	W	SW
February	W	W	W	S	W
March	S	W	SE	W	SW
April		SE	NW	N	S
May		NE	W	NW	W
June		E	SW	W	N
July		W	W	NW	W
August		W	W	W	NW
September		W	NW	W	W
October		W	SW	SW	W
November		NW	SW	W	SW
December		W	NW	W	SW

Prevailing wind direction

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

Newcastle upon Tyne weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 20 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Newcastle upon Tyne?

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

Which month is the wettest in Newcastle upon Tyne?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 15.0 %.

Which month is the driest in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in April. The probability is about 6.0 %.