Climate averages 1991–2020
Bedford weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Bedford: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 40 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Milton Keynes (22 km away). In June its highs average 18.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bedford, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Bedford ranks joint 16th of 143 for the warmest June highs and joint 41st of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 17.9°C; Bedford is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bedford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 49 | 10.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 49 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 54 | 10.6 | 15.716 h |
| June, selected | 19.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 58 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 10.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 56 | 11.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 53 | 11.0 | 7.88 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Milton Keynes in JuneUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Luton in JuneUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Northampton in JuneUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Stevenage in JuneUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in JuneUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Hemel Hempstead in JuneUnited Kingdom · 42 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Aylesbury in JuneUnited Kingdom · 43 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 58 mm rain
- St Albans in JuneUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 58 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bedford) is explained once on the Bedford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.