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Weather in Birmingham

Birmingham has a temperate maritime climate, characterised by a narrow range of temperatures. Like the rest of northern Europe, the city experiences warm winters, cool summers and consistent rainfall.

 The maximum average summer temperature is 20 degrees centigrade (July) and the minimum average winter temperature is 4.5 degrees centigrade (January).

Urban heat can raise temperatures by several degrees.

The convergence of warm tropical air from the south-west and cold polar air from the north-east creates instability with frequent weather changes. However, severe conditions are rare. Summer droughts and Siberian-style winters are occasionally caused by extreme anti-cyclones which reverse the usual pressure patterns, attracting cold air from the Artic or warm air from the Tropics.

 Anti-cyclones also create clear sunny skies. However, Birmingham is generally overcast; the average rate of sunshine being less than 30%.

Birmingham is known as the "snowy city", since its comparatively high elevation and inland location attracts winter snow showers; it is also called the "tornado city", because summer storms occasionally lead to freak tornadoes; the last of which occurred in July 2005.