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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 2200, Tue 6 Oct 2026. All times UTC.
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Tue
6 Oct
2026		 11.9°C ±0.7
92% ★ NNE
7 / 11mph
Wed
7 Oct
2026		 10.8°C ±0.3
70% ★ NNE
6 / 10mph
 10.3°C ±0.2
95% ★ N
9 / 20mph
 10.0°C ±0.1
91% ★ N
8 / 16mph
 10.0°C ±0.2
51% ★ NNW
8 / 16mph
 11.4°C ±1.2
6% : NNW
8 / 15mph
 12.9°C ±0.3
1% : NW
11 / 21mph
 11.7°C ±1.4
1% : WNW
9 / 20mph
 9.6°C ±0.9
0% : WNW
10 / 21mph
Thu
8 Oct
2026		 8.2°C ±0.6
0% ★ WNW
9 / 21mph
 7.1°C ±0.6
0% : WNW
7 / 17mph
 6.2°C ±0.4
0% : WNW
7 / 17mph
 7.3°C ±1.5
0% : WNW
8 / 16mph
 10.5°C ±1.7
1% : WNW
8 / 16mph
 12.6°C ±0.3
4% : W
9 / 18mph
 11.9°C ±0.9
16% ★ WSW
7 / 14mph
 10.3°C ±0.6
62% ★ SSW
8 / 16mph
Fri
9 Oct
2026		 10.1°C ±0.3
60% ★ SSW
10 / 20mph
 11.6°C ±1.2
27% ★ SW
11 / 23mph
 13.6°C ±0.8
50% ★ SW
12 / 23mph
 14.7°C ±0.4
50% ★ WSW
13 / 26mph
 14.9°C ±0.5
31% ★ W
16 / 33mph
 14.3°C ±0.8
7% : W
15 / 30mph
 12.5°C ±1.0
7% : W
11 / 23mph
 10.9°C ±0.5
2% : W
11 / 22mph
Sat
10 Oct
2026		 10.3°C ±0.3
1% ★ W
12 / 24mph
 9.9°C ±0.2
2% : W
12 / 24mph
 9.5°C ±0.2
26% ★ W
11 / 23mph
 10.1°C ±0.8
4% : W
12 / 25mph
 11.7°C ±0.8
27% ★ W
16 / 33mph
 12.2°C ±0.2
6% : W
15 / 30mph
 11.2°C ±0.8
3% : W
12 / 23mph
 10.0°C ±0.4
3% : W
11 / 22mph
Sun
11 Oct
2026		 9.4°C ±0.2
2% ★ W
11 / 21mph
 9.0°C ±0.2
1% : W
10 / 19mph
 8.7°C ±0.2
1% : W
9 / 16mph
 9.6°C ±1.1
1% : W
8 / 17mph
 11.8°C ±1.2
3% : W
9 / 20mph
 13.2°C ±0.2
6% : W
8 / 18mph
 12.1°C ±1.2
2% : SW
5 / 10mph
 10.2°C ±0.7
5% : SSW
5 / 9mph
Mon
12 Oct
2026		 9.5°C ±0.6
9% ★ S
6 / 11mph
 9.1°C ±0.1
9% : S
7 / 13mph
 9.6°C ±0.4
11% ★ S
8 / 15mph
 11.0°C ±1.2
13% ★ S
9 / 18mph
 13.5°C ±1.3
12% ★ SSW
10 / 21mph
 14.9°C ±0.1
12% ★ SSW
9 / 18mph
 14.5°C ±0.3
9% : SSW
8 / 15mph
 14.0°C ±0.2
9% : SSW
8 / 14mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka, Scarborough

Headline:
Low cloud and rain expected overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:
Cloudy with a few showers at first in the evening. More widespread low cloud and persistent rain moving in after midnight. While mostly light, there is a chance for a spell of heavier rain in the southeast. Minimum temperature 6°C.

Wednesday:
The rain and low cloud lingering, only clearing to the southeast early afternoon. Then becoming fine and dry with sunny spells, and coastal showers developing in the evening. Maximum temperature 13°C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Fine day Thursday after a chilly start with rural frost, before rain and stronger winds spread east overnight. Windy Friday and Saturday, with brighter spells but also outbreaks of rain.
Updated:

Notes

This forecast originally used publicly available information from the Met Office's DataPoint service. This is being discontinued in late 2025 (and was increasing unreliable running up to that date), and is replaced by the DataHub service. Which is being used for the above forecast.

DataHub is more complex to process, but provides more information and better global coverage. Each table cell above contains, in order:

  • The predicted temperature, in degrees Celsius. DataHub provides a maximum and a minimum, and I've averaged these and given the possible variation (the ± figure).
    Maxima over 25°C and 30°C are highlighted thusly.
    Similarly, minima below 5°C and 0°C are highlighted.
  • The next line contains the probablity of any precipitation (rain, mostly), followed by...
  • ...the wind direction.
  • The final text line gives the predicted average wind, followed by the maximum gust. DataHub uses m/sec, but I've converted these to mph.
    Calm weather (≤5mph wind), strong gusts (≥25mph) and storm-force gusts (≥40mph) are highlighted.
  • Finally, there's an icon representing the prevailing weather type.
A ★ in the cell means there's extra information present -- hover over the cell to see it. For example, all midnight cells contain this symbol, and the pop-up shows the visibility. This is ground-level only, and doesn't mean clear skies! Other extra information may include significant -- over 10% probability -- rain/snow (as light/heavy probability, and total amount) and hail and lightning probability.

Select another location from the list below the table.

Rain radar

Lightning

Links

Weather warnings
NetWeather radar
Clouds, Lightning, Wind
Cities (from Time & Date): Leeds, Manchester,
London, Lusaka

Credits

Data courtesy of the Met Office DataHub service.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Analysis coding by Admin1, written in Python.