Wales
Wales has warmer temperatures throughout the year than Scotland, and has milder winter minimums than England, but cooler winter maximums than Northern Ireland. Wales is wetter throughout the year than Northern Ireland and England, but has fewer rainy days than Northern Ireland; meaning that rainfall tends to be more intense. Wales is also drier than Scotland in every month apart from May, June and December, and there are fewer days with rain than in Scotland. Sunshine totals throughout the year are more than that of Scotland and Northern Ireland, but less than that of neighbouring England. May is the sunniest month, averaging 186.8 hours.
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| Wales Weather Averages | ||||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
| Average maximum temperature °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
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| Average minimum temperature °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
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| Sunshine hours |
42.8 | 63.4 | 94.2 | 148.0 | 186.8 | 167.0 | 181.8 | 168.7 | 125.8 | 90.4 | 54.9 | 35.4 | 1359.3 | |
| Rainfall mm (inches) |
158.4 (6.2) |
113.8 (4.5) |
118.5 (4.7) |
85.7 (3.4) |
80.6 (3.2) |
86.0 (3.4) |
78.3 (3.1) |
105.8 (4.2) |
123.8 (4.9) |
152.9 (6.0) |
156.6 (6.2) |
173.1 (6.8) |
1433.5 (56.4) |
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| Rainfall ≥ 1 mm days |
17.4 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 165.5 | |
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