London, England Climate & Temperature
- London, England, Uk is at 51°28'N, 0°19'W, 5 m (16 ft). See map.
- London, England has a marine west coast climate that is mild with no dry season, warm summers. Heavy precipitation occurs during mild winters which are dominated by mid-latitude cyclones. Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Cfb).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification London, England is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome.
- The mean annual temperature is 10.4 degrees Celsius (50.8 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 13.5 °C (24.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 6.7°C (44°F) on average falling to 2.3°C (36.2°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 13.3°C (56°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 5.3°C (41.6°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 21°C (69.8°F) and average low temperatures are 12.3°C (54.2°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 14.3°C (57.8°F) during the day and lows of 8°C (46.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 594 mm (23.4 inches) which is equivalent to 594 Litres/m² (14.57 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1460 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from London, England you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Nugget Point, New Zealand (Cool temperate desert scrub biome).
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