Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles and South of England, Lymington experiences a maritime climate with warm summers and mild winters. The nearest official Metoffice weather station for which online records are available is Everton, about 2 miles to the West of the town centre. Thanks to its position near the South Coast, sunshine levels are high relative to the majority of the rest of Britain, and severe frost unusual, with temperature the coldest recorded temperature in 43 years of records no lower than −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) (Set in January 1963). The highest locally recorded temperature was 33.5 °C (92.3 °F) in June 1976.
| Climate data for Everton 16m asl, 1971-2000, extremes 1960-2003 (Weather station 2 miles (3 km) to the West of Lymington) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 81.0 (3.189) |
58.7 (2.311) |
60.3 (2.374) |
48.4 (1.906) |
45.9 (1.807) |
51.9 (2.043) |
37.7 (1.484) |
49.5 (1.949) |
67.1 (2.642) |
88.0 (3.465) |
84.2 (3.315) |
91.2 (3.591) |
763.7 (30.067) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 61.7 | 81.1 | 121.8 | 181.5 | 223.2 | 212.4 | 231.6 | 223.2 | 160.2 | 120.0 | 80.7 | 53.3 | 1,750.7 |
| Source #1: Met Office
date=November 2011 |
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| Source #2: Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute/KNMI
date=November 2011 |
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