#1Minehead
11,752 peopleJuly high·5 days of 25°C+ a year·#510 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Minehead, #1 on this list · Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Somerset rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Somerset
Minehead has the coolest summers of Somerset’s 49 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 19.7°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 21.7°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.
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#2Wells
12,097 peopleJuly high·11 days of 25°C+ a year·#832 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Backwell
4,347 peopleJuly high·10 days of 25°C+ a year·#918 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 49 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.
49 towns.
#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Somerset has the coolest summers?
Minehead: July afternoons average a high of 19.7°C, with 5 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Wells and Backwell 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 Somerset’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Somerset is on the county page.
Go deeper
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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 live49 towns · #1 BackwellBest small towns32 towns · #1 BackwellMost affordable towns49 towns · #1 Street and YeovilSafest towns49 towns · #1 Saltford and BatheastonTowns with the best schools49 towns · #1 LangportHealthiest towns49 towns · #1 BackwellBest towns for jobs & income49 towns · #1 BackwellMost walkable towns49 towns · #1 BathTowns with the lowest flood risk49 towns · #1 Castle Cary and 2 moreBest towns for the outdoors49 towns · #1 MineheadMost historic towns49 towns · #1 BathTowns with the most civic life49 towns · #1 South PethertonTowns with the highest household incomes49 towns · #1 BatheastonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax49 towns · #1 BathDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters49 towns · #1 MineheadDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers49 towns · #1 SomertonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts49 towns · #1 MineheadDescribed, no lettersDriest towns49 towns · #1 SomertonDescribed, no lettersWettest towns49 towns · #1 Shepton MalletDescribed, 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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