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North Lanarkshire rankings · Climate

Towns with the warmest summers in North Lanarkshire

Viewpark has the warmest summers of North Lanarkshire’s 24 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 19.7°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 19.1°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

Viewpark

15,832 people
19.7°C

July high·4 days of 25°C+ a year·#2,009 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#T2

Carfin

4,427 people
19.7°C

July high·4 days of 25°C+ a year·#2,029 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#T2

New Stevenston

6,298 people
19.7°C

July high·3 days of 25°C+ a year·#2,029 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 24 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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24 towns.

#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
T2Carfin4,427 people19.7°C4#2,029 of 2,537 nationally
T7Stepps7,643 people19.3°C3#2,207 of 2,537 nationally
T12Chryston3,257 people19.1°C3#2,270 of 2,537 nationally
T12Gartcosh3,252 people19.1°C3#2,270 of 2,537 nationally
T12Glenboig3,035 people19.1°C3#2,270 of 2,537 nationally
16Wishaw30,190 people19.1°C3#2,282 of 2,537 nationally
T17Airdrie35,847 people18.9°C2#2,344 of 2,537 nationally
19Cleland3,043 people18.8°C2#2,378 of 2,537 nationally
22Kilsyth10,958 people18.4°C3#2,478 of 2,537 nationally
23Plains3,122 people18.3°C2#2,486 of 2,537 nationally
24Shotts8,794 people18.0°C2#2,501 of 2,537 nationally
Quick answers

Questions people ask

Which town in North Lanarkshire has the warmest summers?

Viewpark: July afternoons average a high of 19.7°C, with 4 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Carfin and New Stevenston 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 North Lanarkshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in North Lanarkshire 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.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.