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London on a snowy day in 2018. According to the Köppen climate classification, London has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb). [1] This type of climate features cool winters with frequent cloudy skies and rain showers (and on occasion snow), and mild summers.
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
London is an ancient name, attested in the first century AD, usually in the Latinised form Londinium. [36] Modern scientific analyses of the name must account for the origins of the different forms found in early sources: Latin (usually Londinium), Old English (usually Lunden), and Welsh (usually Llundein), with reference to the known developments over time of sounds in those different languages.
Source 2: Weather Atlas (percent sunshine and UV Index) [6] CEDA Archive [7] TORRO [8] Time and Date [9] See Climate of London for additional climate information. ^ Averages are taken from Heathrow, and extremes are taken from stations across London.
The basic climate of the UK annually is wet and cool in winter, spring, and fall with frequent cloudy skies, and drier and cool to mild in summer. The climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a humid temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of north-west Europe. [1]
Outline of the London region. London is the largest urban area and the capital city of the United Kingdom.It lies in the southeastern part of the island of Great Britain.The London region covers 1,579 square kilometres (610 sq mi), and had a population of 8.982 million in 2019 and a population density of 5,596 people per square km in 2021.
Climate change has been discussed by members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; in 2019, Carbon Brief analysed mention of climate change in the UK parliamentary record from Hansard. It found that mention of the " greenhouse effect " and "global warming" had appeared in British parliamentary records since the 1980s, with the term "climate ...
The nearest weather station has historically been the London Weather Centre at Kingsway/ Holborn, although observations ceased in 2010. Now St. James Park provides the nearest official readings. The city has an oceanic climate (Köppen "Cfb") modified by the urban heat island in the centre of London. This generally causes higher night-time ...