Climate
Kent is one of the warmest parts of Britain. On August 10, 2003, in the hamlet of Brogdale near Faversham the temperature reached 38.5 °C (101.3 °F), the hottest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom.
| Climate data for Wye, England (1981–2010) data | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.8 (46) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.2 (63) |
17.2 (63) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.0 (41) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 71.4 (2.811) |
50.3 (1.98) |
48.9 (1.925) |
49.1 (1.933) |
50.7 (1.996) |
48.8 (1.921) |
48.2 (1.898) |
61.8 (2.433) |
55.1 (2.169) |
93.0 (3.661) |
83.5 (3.287) |
80.3 (3.161) |
741.1 (29.177) |
| Avg. rainy days | 12.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 117.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 59.6 | 79.6 | 115.3 | 174.1 | 205.2 | 200.1 | 213.7 | 210.3 | 152.2 | 118.2 | 71.9 | 49.8 | 1,649.9 |
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