Drier and Sunnier
Fewer wet days
There was the lowest recorded number of rainy days in 2025 at 94 compared with 128 in 2024
Rainfall down
The total rainfall has gone from 552mm in 2024, the highest recorded since 2016 when the new Davis system was installed, to 375mm in 2025, the lowest recorded.
Minimum temperature up
The annual minimum temperature for 2025 was warmer at -2.7C than the -4.9C for 2024.
Sunshine up
Sunshine hours are again on the up after a decline in 2024, increasing to 2320 in 2025
Annual average temperature up
The average temperature for the whole of 2025 was 12.0C, slightly up on 2024 at 11.8C There is a clearly increasing trend in average temperature since 2010 when recording started in Sun Hill.
The Met Office has stated that 2025 is the hottest year on record in England at 10.94C, a figure that covers the range of temperature from the south coast to the Scottish border .
The maximum temperature for 2025 of 34.3 was marginally lower than the 34.7C for 2024.