Climate averages 1991–2020

High Peak weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 11.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 89 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in High Peak: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 27 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockport (21 km away). In July its highs average 19.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than High Peak, with 84 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, High Peak ranks 132nd of 143 for the warmest July highs and 133rd of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; High Peak is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 91 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

High Peak climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for High Peak, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	5.2°C0.8°C	0.8°C	80	14.2	8.18 h
February	5.7°C0.6°C	0.6°C	72	12.7	9.810 h
March	7.9°C1.6°C	1.6°C	71	13.2	11.812 h
April	10.5°C3.2°C	3.2°C	73	13.7	14.014 h
May	13.5°C6.1°C	6.1°C	74	13.4	15.816 h
June	16.1°C9.1°C	9.1°C	91	14.7	16.917 h
July, selected	18.0°C11.1°C	11.1°C	89	15.1	16.516 h
August	17.6°C11.1°C	11.1°C	91	14.7	14.815 h
September	15.3°C9.1°C	9.1°C	75	11.9	12.813 h
October	11.7°C6.5°C	6.5°C	86	13.7	10.611 h
November	7.9°C3.4°C	3.4°C	81	13.8	8.79 h
December	5.5°C1.3°C	1.3°C	88	14.3	7.68 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from High Peak

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for High Peak) is explained once on the High Peak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.