Weather in South Lanarkshire

Calculated from weather data of Glasgow International Airport (EGPF) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.9	6.7	7.5	8.4	4.2	8.6
February	8.0	8.9	9.4	8.1	6.7	7.4
March	9.5	9.8	9.0	11.5	10.0	8.9
April	12.3		12.4	12.9	11.4	13.5
May	15.7		16.5	15.0	13.5	16.1
June	18.8		21.6	17.6	18.8	18.6
July	19.3		18.3	19.6	21.6	16.8
August	18.7		19.0	19.6	19.5	18.5
September	16.7		18.1	17.3	18.1	16.0
October	13.0		12.5	13.6	13.6	12.5
November	9.5		8.8	11.0	10.6	10.4
December	7.0		7.7	4.2	7.2	6.9
Average	12.4	8.5	13.4	13.5	13.0	12.8

73rd 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	1.3	1	2	3	-2	4
February	2.2	3	4	3	2	2
March	2.3	4	2	1	4	2
April	3.4		3	4	0	3
May	6.5		8	8	5	5
June	10.1		11	10	10	11
July	11.4		11	11	13	10
August	10.9		11	11	11	11
September	8.9		10	9	10	8
October	6.5		6	9	7	6
November	3.4		2	5	4	6
December	1.8		3	-3	3	1
Average	5.3	2.3	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.7

15th 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	0	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	6	4	5	3
20 °C or warmer	0	36	23	42	25
0 °C or colder	19	48	43	54	33

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.6	24	29	17	28	32
February	25.8	29	14	31	34	41
March	21.6	28	25	11	17	19
April	12.7		13	14	7	8
May	13.8		8	19	18	11
June	14.1		11	16	6	18
July	14.2		21	9	6	19
August	17.3		12	15	15	19
September	16.4		21	9	13	17
October	25.9		25	38	31	29
November	23.4		18	30	17	32
December	29.1		47	15	32	30
Average	19.4	27.4	18.3	17.3	16.2	20.7

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	17.2	17	17	21	12	25
February	21.7	20	20	26	24	29
March	19.1	19	16	15	21	21
April	17.3		15	17	14	19
May	16.1		14	20	15	16
June	16.2		15	18	15	16
July	15.3		17	16	11	16
August	15.7		16	15	12	15
September	16.6		17	15	14	18
October	18.7		20	20	18	16
November	15.5		12	18	18	17
December	16.1		20	10	15	14
Average	17.2	18.9	16.3	17.5	15.2	18.1

49th 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	SW	W	SW
February	SW	SW	SW	SE	SW
March	E	S	SE	SW	SW
April		E	S	W	E
May		W	SW	N	W
June		E	SW	SW	E
July		SW	W	W	W
August		SW	SW	SW	E
September		SW	W	SW	SW
October		SE	SW	SW	SW
November		W	S	W	SW
December		SW	SE	S	SW

Prevailing wind direction

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

South Lanarkshire weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in South Lanarkshire?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 19 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in South Lanarkshire?

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

Which month is the wettest in South Lanarkshire?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 29.1 %.

Which month is the driest in South Lanarkshire?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in April. The probability is about 12.7 %.