Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles and Surrey, Guildford experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest Met Office weather station for which records are available is Wisley, about 6.5 miles to the North East of Guildford. Extremes of temperature recorded in the area range from 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) during August 2003 down to −15.1 °C (4.8 °F) during January 1982. The weather station also holds the UK July record high of 36.5 °C (97.7 °F)(2006). The lowest temperature reported in recent years was −12.6 °C (9.3 °F) during December 2010.
| Climate data for Wisley | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | NA | NA | NA | 27.8 (82) |
NA | NA | 36.5 (97.7) |
37.8 (100) |
29.2 (84.6) |
NA | NA | NA | 37.8 (100) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.2 (63) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.0 (59) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.8 (38.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.1 (43) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 62.5 (2.461) |
40.6 (1.598) |
47.7 (1.878) |
47.6 (1.874) |
51.1 (2.012) |
51.6 (2.031) |
39.6 (1.559) |
49.4 (1.945) |
61.2 (2.409) |
71.2 (2.803) |
60.3 (2.374) |
64.5 (2.539) |
647.1 (25.476) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 11.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 110.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 52.1 | 70.6 | 107.6 | 152.4 | 194.4 | 188.1 | 203.7 | 200.6 | 143.4 | 112.6 | 66.6 | 42.5 | 1,534.7 |
| Source #1: Record highs for July, August and September from Met Office and April from The Guardian. Other maximum data is not freely available at this time. | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: All other data from Met Office, | |||||||||||||
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