Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles and West Midlands, Halesowen experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. A Met Office weather station provides local climate data for the period 1971-2000, although it ceased observation's in 2004. Temperature extremes at Halesowen have ranged from −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) during December 1981 up to 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) during August 1990.
| Climate data for Haleswowen 153m asl, 1971-2000, Extremes 1959-2004 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.9 (7.0) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−5 (23.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 67.5 (2.657) |
49.8 (1.961) |
55.2 (2.173) |
58.0 (2.283) |
59.0 (2.323) |
60.4 (2.378) |
60.9 (2.398) |
70.6 (2.78) |
67.0 (2.638) |
70.9 (2.791) |
70.1 (2.76) |
73.2 (2.882) |
762.6 (30.024) |
| Source: Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute/KNMI | |||||||||||||
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