THE CLIMATE STORY OF
BIRMINGHAM
≈1.4 °C warmer today than in the mid-20th century
1940: 8.8 °C 1941: 8.7 °C 1942: 8.3 °C 1943: 9.2 °C 1944: 8.9 °C 1945: 9.8 °C 1946: 9.0 °C 1947: 9.2 °C 1948: 9.4 °C 1949: 9.9 °C 1950: 8.8 °C 1951: 8.7 °C 1952: 8.5 °C 1953: 9.1 °C 1954: 8.5 °C 1955: 8.5 °C 1956: 8.1 °C 1957: 9.4 °C 1958: 8.7 °C 1959: 9.9 °C 1960: 9.1 °C 1961: 9.5 °C 1962: 7.8 °C 1963: 7.5 °C 1964: 8.7 °C 1965: 8.3 °C 1966: 8.8 °C 1967: 9.1 °C 1968: 8.6 °C 1969: 8.6 °C 1970: 9.0 °C 1971: 9.2 °C 1972: 8.6 °C 1973: 9.0 °C 1974: 8.8 °C 1975: 9.2 °C 1976: 9.3 °C 1977: 8.7 °C 1978: 8.8 °C 1979: 8.1 °C 1980: 8.7 °C 1981: 8.6 °C 1982: 9.3 °C 1983: 9.4 °C 1984: 9.2 °C 1985: 8.3 °C 1986: 8.1 °C 1987: 8.5 °C 1988: 9.3 °C 1989: 10.0 °C 1990: 10.3 °C 1991: 9.0 °C 1992: 9.3 °C 1993: 8.9 °C 1994: 9.6 °C 1995: 9.9 °C 1996: 8.6 °C 1997: 9.9 °C 1998: 9.7 °C 1999: 9.9 °C 2000: 9.5 °C 2001: 9.2 °C 2002: 10.0 °C 2003: 10.0 °C 2004: 9.8 °C 2005: 9.9 °C 2006: 10.3 °C 2007: 9.9 °C 2008: 9.3 °C 2009: 9.4 °C 2010: 8.3 °C 2011: 10.3 °C 2012: 9.0 °C 2013: 8.9 °C 2014: 10.3 °C 2015: 9.7 °C 2016: 9.7 °C 2017: 10.1 °C 2018: 10.1 °C 2019: 9.8 °C 2020: 10.2 °C 2021: 9.8 °C 2022: 10.7 °C 2023: 10.4 °C 2024: 10.4 °C 2025: 11.1 °C
1940 Annual mean temperature, 1940–2025 2025
Heat-record watch
Warmest day of the last 14 days: 36.1 °C (August 13, 2026)
All-time record since 1940: 37.4 °C (July 19, 2022)
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