#1Bacup
13,559 peopleJuly high·4 days of 25°C+ a year·#80 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Bacup, #1 on this list · Photo: Robert Wade · CC BY-SA 2.0Lancashire rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Lancashire
Bacup has the coolest summers of Lancashire’s 66 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 18.5°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 19.9°C.
The average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons). Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.
#118.5°C
#2Darwen
27,897 peopleJuly high·4 days of 25°C+ a year·#124 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Barrowford
5,887 peopleJuly high·4 days of 25°C+ a year·#143 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 66 towns, ranked
July high, lowest first. Temperatures are ranked on two decimals and shown to one, so two towns showing the same figure can rank apart; towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
66 towns.
#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Lancashire has the coolest summers?
Bacup: July afternoons average a high of 18.5°C, with 4 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Darwen and Barrowford follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high, lowest first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Lancashire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Lancashire is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live65 towns · #1 LongtonBest small towns31 towns · #1 EcclestonMost affordable towns65 towns · #1 ChorleySafest towns65 towns · #1 Bolton-le-SandsTowns with the best schools65 towns · #1 CrostonHealthiest towns65 towns · #1 CatonBest towns for jobs & income65 towns · #1 Whittle-le-WoodsMost walkable towns65 towns · #1 LancasterTowns with the lowest flood risk65 towns · #1 Adlington and 5 moreBest towns for the outdoors65 towns · #1 LancasterMost historic towns65 towns · #1 CrostonTowns with the most civic life65 towns · #1 Bolton-le-SandsTowns with the highest household incomes66 towns · #1 GrimsarghDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax66 towns · #1 ClitheroeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters66 towns · #1 HeyshamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers66 towns · #1 CarnforthDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts66 towns · #1 HeyshamDescribed, no lettersDriest towns66 towns · #1 BanksDescribed, no lettersWettest towns66 towns · #1 WhitworthDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the coolest summers, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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