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Leeds weather by month

Leeds runs from about 4°C in January to 16°C in August, with May the wettest month at 110 mm.

warmest month

August

16°C

coolest month

January

4°C

wettest month

May

110 mm

worst air month

March

11 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Leeds
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January4°C95 mm98 h8
February7°C102 mm93 h8
March7°C100 mm146 h11
April8°C95 mm211 h8
May13°C110 mm251 h6
June13°C51 mm347 h5
July16°C65 mm300 h5
August16°C65 mm306 h6
September13°C100 mm198 h5
October11°C69 mm170 h7
November7°C44 mm123 h5
December7°C78 mm65 h6

About 2,308 hours of sun a year. Roughly 99 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.