Today's weather for Oxford, United Kingdom3rd Jul 2009 21:50

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Weather Overview for Oxford

Alike many cities and towns situated in the central south of the United Kingdom; Oxford has a nautical temperate climate and can promise striking scenery all year round. The typical weather in Oxford is very unpredictable. One moment it might be beastly and the very next can experience nice weather. The Oxfordshire boasts the longest series of temperature and rainfall records for one site in Britain. There is a field of awareness that due to climate change, temperatures are escalating in Oxford and precipitation is decreasing in summer and increasing in winter. Records of temperature in Central England have been kept in Oxford since 1659. The records incline that climates have risen by more than 5.5°C in Oxford since 1659. At the same time, there have been prominent changes to precipitation, with marked seasonal trends for drier summers and wetter winters. It is preferable to holiday in Oxford during October and November while the climate is pleasing and crisp, headed for the commencement of winter

Winter

January is certainly recognized to be the coldest month of the year with the average temperature settling at approximately 3°C. The average minimum temperature is 1.2°C and the average maximum at 6.6°C. Oxford can be assured as a very beautiful place during the winter months and can most certainly guarantee a downfall of snow throughout this time. The lowest temperature ever witnessed in Oxford was in January 1982 when the climate dropped below -16 °C. The coldest winter ever recorded was the winter of 1962 - 1963, with an average temperature of -1°C over December, January and February. This was evidently also the snowiest winter on record, with a total of 67 days of snow cover. Snow is most common in late winter and early spring. As a result there were only six “white Christmases” recorded in the twentieth century. Snow is commonly known to accumulate to a level depth of 203mm; this is the recognised average for the Oxfordshire over the duration of its winter months.

Summer

Summer in Oxford isn’t exactly a typical warm sunny day in the Caribbean. July is naturally the hottest month with an average temperature meeting 16°C. The average minimum climate can drop to 12°C and the average maximum can occasionally grasp a high of 21°C. The warmest day ever recorded was in August in 1932 when Oxford sweltered in a temperature of 35°C. In spite of the month of August in 1932 the finest summer on record was in 1976. Although its highest temperature of 34°C failed to beat the 1932 value, the heat was extremely long-lasting with fourteen consecutive days giving averages above 30°C. June is known to be the sunniest month averaging seven hours of bright sunlight per day; this is vast comparison with the two hours of sunshine per day in the months of December and January.

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