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Lancashire rankings · Climate

Towns with the warmest summers in Lancashire

Carnforth has the warmest summers of Lancashire’s 66 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 20.5°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.

#1

Carnforth

5,852 people
20.5°C

July high·5 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,692 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#2

Catterall

2,800 people
20.5°C

July high·8 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,704 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#3

Croston

2,793 people
20.4°C

July high·8 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,748 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 66 towns, ranked

July high, highest 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.

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66 towns.

#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
6Fulwood34,693 people20.3°C6#1,757 of 2,537 nationally
T10Longton10,912 people20.3°C7#1,790 of 2,537 nationally
13Cottam5,507 people20.3°C7#1,796 of 2,537 nationally
T14Carleton4,793 people20.2°C4#1,818 of 2,537 nationally
T14Leyland39,281 people20.2°C8#1,818 of 2,537 nationally
T17Euxton17,519 people20.2°C6#1,821 of 2,537 nationally
T17Preston94,502 people20.2°C7#1,821 of 2,537 nationally
T21Kirkham8,939 people20.2°C6#1,842 of 2,537 nationally
T23Cleveleys11,121 people20.2°C3#1,850 of 2,537 nationally
T23Thornton19,263 people20.2°C3#1,850 of 2,537 nationally
27Coppull8,303 people20.1°C6#1,876 of 2,537 nationally
28Banks4,439 people20.1°C6#1,883 of 2,537 nationally
31Ormskirk27,720 people20.0°C6#1,912 of 2,537 nationally
32Wesham4,474 people20.0°C6#1,917 of 2,537 nationally
33Padiham10,121 people20.0°C6#1,925 of 2,537 nationally
T34Chorley39,539 people19.9°C6#1,950 of 2,537 nationally
T34Clitheroe16,626 people19.9°C6#1,950 of 2,537 nationally
36Blackburn124,958 people19.9°C5#1,957 of 2,537 nationally
T37Fleetwood26,224 people19.8°C2#1,975 of 2,537 nationally
T39Church5,030 people19.8°C5#1,987 of 2,537 nationally
T39Rishton6,653 people19.8°C6#1,987 of 2,537 nationally
44Whalley3,411 people19.7°C6#2,019 of 2,537 nationally
T46Burnley78,266 people19.7°C5#2,035 of 2,537 nationally
T49Brierfield10,723 people19.5°C5#2,093 of 2,537 nationally
T49Nelson33,808 people19.5°C5#2,093 of 2,537 nationally
51Heysham16,593 people19.4°C4#2,132 of 2,537 nationally
T54Caton2,552 people19.2°C5#2,263 of 2,537 nationally
T54Halton2,652 people19.2°C4#2,263 of 2,537 nationally
56Earby4,416 people19.0°C5#2,301 of 2,537 nationally
57Colne18,914 people19.0°C5#2,302 of 2,537 nationally
58Bailrigg University campus4,788 people19.0°C4#2,308 of 2,537 nationally
65Darwen27,897 people18.7°C4#2,412 of 2,537 nationally
66Bacup13,559 people18.5°C4#2,455 of 2,537 nationally
Quick answers

Questions people ask

Which town in Lancashire has the warmest summers?

Carnforth: July afternoons average a high of 20.5°C, with 5 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Catterall and Croston follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the average July high, highest 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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