Benson
Weather station · 51.6°N 1.1°W · 56 m above sea level
ICAO EGUBWMO 03658Station data since 1960
Record high
24.5°C
in 2021
Record low
0.5°C
in 1979
Average high
17.8°C
all years on record
5.5°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 19.0°C against 24.5°C in 2021. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
38.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 18 July 2022
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Benson, United Kingdom
- Position
- 51.62°N 1.10°W · 56 m
Highest highest in available records since 1960. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−21.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 14 January 1982
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Benson, United Kingdom
- Position
- 51.62°N 1.10°W · 56 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1960. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Benson is
51.62°N 1.10°W
Every year on record
1960 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 63 years with data: +0.33 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
14.8°
−21.0°
Feb
19.1°
−13.2°
Mar
22.3°
−11.1°
Apr
27.1°
−6.6°
May
33.2°
−3.4°
Jun
33.9°
−2.2°
Jul
38.0°
2.0°
Aug
35.1°
1.1°
Sep
31.4°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 19.0°C | 00:20 UTC | 13.0°C | 04:50 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 24.0°C | 15:20 UTC | 19.0°C | 22:50 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Oxford ArptUnited Kingdom28.6 km
- Brize NortonUnited Kingdom36.5 km
- OdihamUnited Kingdom43.7 km
- Farnborough ArptUnited Kingdom44.1 km
- London/Heathrow IntlUnited Kingdom47 km
- NortholtUnited Kingdom47.9 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1960 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
