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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing13°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation637 mm144 wet days a year
51.51° N, 0.07° WElevation 25 mUTC+1 · British Summer Time
When to goTower Hamlets · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low16° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tower Hamlets has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 637 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (58 mm, 13 wet days) and September the driest (55 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 52% in January.
Compared with London, the capital, Tower Hamlets is 0.1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 36 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 52 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 8° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 9° |
| Average low | 3° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 42 mm | 45 mm | 46 mm | 52 mm | 47 mm | 45 mm | 52 mm | 55 mm | 70 mm | 65 mm | 60 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 9.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.6 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 50% | 48% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 37% | 38% | 42% | 46% | 49% | 52% |
| Daylight | 8h 20 | 9h 59 | 11h 49 | 13h 51 | 15h 36 | 16h 36 | 16h 12 | 14h 39 | 12h 42 | 10h 45 | 8h 54 | 7h 52 |
| Month score | 17 | 23 | 34 | 54 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 67 | 73 | 50 | 27 | 19 |
ivMonth by month
Tower Hamlets in every month
January17
8° / 3°
58 mm · 13.4 wet days
February23
9° / 3°
42 mm · 11.3 wet days
March34
12° / 4°
45 mm · 10.7 wet days
April54
15° / 6°
46 mm · 10.6 wet days
May68
18° / 9°
52 mm · 11.6 wet days
June68
21° / 12°
47 mm · 11.7 wet days
July65
24° / 14°
45 mm · 13.4 wet days
August67
23° / 14°
52 mm · 12.6 wet days
September73
20° / 12°
55 mm · 9.3 wet days
October50
16° / 9°
70 mm · 13.4 wet days
November27
11° / 5°
65 mm · 13.1 wet days
December19
9° / 3°
60 mm · 12.6 wet days