#1Knowle and Dorridge
19,323 peopleJuly high·12 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,189 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Knowle and Dorridge, #1 on this list · Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0West Midlands rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in West Midlands
Knowle and Dorridge has the coolest summers of West Midlands’ 35 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 21.3°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 21.9°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.
#121.3°C
#T2Pheasey
9,498 peopleJuly high·12 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,255 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#T2Streetly
16,790 peopleJuly high·13 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,255 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 35 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.
35 towns.
#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in West Midlands has the coolest summers?
Knowle and Dorridge: July afternoons average a high of 21.3°C, with 12 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Pheasey and Streetly 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 West Midlands’ towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in West Midlands 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 live35 towns · #1 Dickens HeathMost affordable towns35 towns · #1 Brierley Hill and DudleySafest towns35 towns · #1 StreetlyTowns with the best schools35 towns · #1 Royal Sutton ColdfieldHealthiest towns35 towns · #1 Knowle and DorridgeBest towns for jobs & income35 towns · #1 Knowle and DorridgeMost walkable towns35 towns · #1 SmethwickTowns with the lowest flood risk35 towns · #1 Aldridge and 7 moreBest towns for the outdoors35 towns · #1 DudleyMost historic towns35 towns · #1 WalsallTowns with the most civic life35 towns · #1 Balsall CommonTowns with the highest household incomes35 towns · #1 Cheswick Green and Dickens HeathDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax35 towns · #1 Brierley Hill and 3 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters35 towns · #1 WednesburyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers35 towns · #1 Brierley HillDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts35 towns · #1 DarlastonDescribed, no lettersDriest towns35 towns · #1 CoventryDescribed, no lettersWettest towns35 towns · #1 Rowley RegisDescribed, 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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