Oxford (Oxfordshire) weather - Met Office (2024)

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Is the Met Office the most accurate weather forecast? ›

When compared against other global NWP producing centres, for both deterministic and ensemble forecasts, we are consistently recognised as in the top two forecast providers and as a world leading National Met Service.

Precipitation. The annual average precipitation is 676 mm, falling on an average of 166 days per year. The driest period of the year is late winter to early spring (March average 43 mm) and the wettest period is autumn (October average 72 mm), but with wide variations from year to year.

January is the coldest month - the average temperature is 3.6 degrees Centigrade, with a mean minimum of 1.2°C and a mean maximum on 6.6°C, although in January 1930 it reached 14.7°C one day and on 14th January 1982 plunged to -16.6°C - the lowest air temperature ever recorded.

Showers. High 14°C. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%.

Even now five-day weather forecasts are about 90% accurate, but 10-day forecasts are more like 50%. Anything beyond that becomes speculative. The Met Office and others do now issue long-term forecasts, but these give probabilities rather than making exact predictions.

Somewhat less intuitive than the BBC's easily navigable, at-a-glance site, the government-run The Met Office is nonetheless generally viewed as the most reliable weather forecast there is in the UK.

What makes Oxford such a great place to live? Oxford's central location in the south of England means it has a great network of roads and railway lines, offers easy access to cities such as London and Birmingham including their airports, and proximity to the beautiful Cotswold and Chiltern Hills.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Oxford is 38.1 °C (101 °F) on 19 July 2022. The average conditions below are from the Radcliffe Meteorological Station.

Perfect Time To Visit Oxford

May through September is the best time to visit Oxford. The weather is relatively warm and sunny at around 20°C. Another good time to visit Oxford is December through February. Oxford experiences an average high of 9°C-7°C, with rain or snowfall amounting to 6-8 days a month.

In Oxford, the summers are short, comfortable, and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 35°F to 72°F and is rarely below 25°F or above 81°F.

Is Oxford busy in the summer? ›

In short, June to August are quite comfortable and has moderate rains (5 or 6 days in a month). But keep in mind that this is also the busiest season – so accommodation tariffs will be higher than usual! Why Visit in Summer Beautiful Weather.

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime. Sunny intervals changing to thunder showers by lunchtime.

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime. Sunny changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime. Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening. Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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We provide forecasts from a few hours ahead to projections more than a century into the future.