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On This Day — Temperature
Maximum temperature: today (live station) against the 1991-2020 average and the full 1931-2025 record for this date.
TODAY
7.8°C
Low 4.7°C
8 Nov 2026
1991-2020 avg
12.8°C
Low 6.5°C
Same date, 30-year normal
Record avg
12.2°C
Low 5.7°C
Same date, 1931-2025
TODAY
7.8°C
Low 4.7°C
8 Nov 2026
1991-2020 avg
12.8°C
Low 6.5°C
Same date, 30-year normal
Record avg
12.2°C
Low 5.7°C
Same date, 1931-2025
On This Day — Precipitation
Total rainfall: today (live station) against the 1991-2020 average and the full 1891-2025 record for this date.
TODAY
0.2 mm
8 Nov 2026
1991-2020 avg
3.4 mm
Same date, 30-year normal
Record avg
3.3 mm
Same date, 1891-2025
TODAY
0.2 mm
8 Nov 2026
1991-2020 avg
3.4 mm
Same date, 30-year normal
Record avg
3.3 mm
Same date, 1891-2025
Today: live station reading (Davis Vantage Vue). Comparison figures: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1 km daily climatology for the Monkton Heathfield grid cell. Contains Met Office data © Crown copyright and database rights.
United Kingdom — decadal mean temperature
Daily maximum and minimum, averaged by decade
■ Daily maximum ·
■ Daily minimum ·
■ Trend (max)
Record mean maximum: 12.14°C · record mean minimum: 4.88°C · maximum trending +0.10°C per decade.
Record mean maximum: 12.14°C · record mean minimum: 4.88°C · maximum trending +0.10°C per decade.
*First and last decades are six-year samples (1884–1889 and 2020–2025).
Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, UK country aggregates, 1884–2025.
Overnight lowsDaytime highsLows 5.2 → 7.4°C (+ 2.2°C)Highs 14.1 → 16.0°C (+ 1.9°C)* part-decade (6 yrs of data)Data: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2 (Met Office / CEDA)
Average days of air frost per month — by decade (days)Dashed line: long-term mean (3.32 days)Most frost: 1950s · Least frost: 2020s1930s vs 2020s: 3.50 → 2.43 (−1.07 days/month)* part-decade (partial data)Data: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2 (Met Office / CEDA)