Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 0800, Tue 23 Jun 2026. All times UTC.
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Tue
23 Jun
2026
15.4°C ±0.6
1% : ESE
7 / 10mph
18.1°C ±2.2
5% : SSE
8 / 11mph
24.3°C ±4.0
1% : SW
6 / 11mph
29.3°C ±1.0
2% : SW
7 / 13mph
29.2°C ±1.1
1% : NW
9 / 15mph
26.2°C ±1.9
0% : WNW
4 / 9mph
Wed
24 Jun
2026
22.7°C ±1.6
0% WNW
5 / 13mph
20.1°C ±1.0
0% : NW
5 / 12mph
19.6°C ±0.6
0% : NW
4 / 9mph
21.9°C ±1.8
0% : NE
4 / 7mph
25.3°C ±1.6
0% : ESE
1 / 4mph
28.2°C ±1.3
0% : SE
2 / 5mph
29.5°C ±0.4
0% : NE
6 / 10mph
26.2°C ±3.0
1% : ESE
8 / 14mph
Thu
25 Jun
2026
21.6°C ±1.7
1% ESE
6 / 11mph
18.9°C ±1.1
1% : ESE
4 / 9mph
18.1°C ±0.3
2% : E
3 / 8mph
20.6°C ±2.2
1% : ESE
6 / 13mph
25.1°C ±2.4
31% ESE
10 / 20mph
28.9°C ±1.0
2% : ESE
11 / 23mph
28.8°C ±1.0
2% : ESE
10 / 21mph
25.6°C ±2.2
1% : ESE
7 / 15mph
Fri
26 Jun
2026
22.0°C ±1.3
1% ESE
5 / 11mph
19.8°C ±0.9
1% : E
4 / 8mph
19.7°C ±0.8
3% : E
3 / 8mph
22.2°C ±1.7
9% : E
4 / 10mph
25.9°C ±2.1
34% S
6 / 15mph
28.7°C ±0.8
10% SW
9 / 20mph
27.3°C ±1.9
11% WNW
8 / 17mph
23.8°C ±1.8
4% : W
6 / 12mph
Sat
27 Jun
2026
20.8°C ±1.2
2% WSW
5 / 10mph
18.8°C ±0.9
1% : SW
4 / 8mph
18.8°C ±0.9
3% : S
5 / 11mph
21.2°C ±1.7
6% : SSW
9 / 18mph
24.3°C ±1.5
5% : SSW
12 / 25mph
26.4°C ±0.6
10% SSW
13 / 26mph
25.9°C ±0.9
34% SSW
11 / 23mph
23.5°C ±1.6
9% : SW
8 / 16mph
Sun
28 Jun
2026
20.7°C ±1.2
7% SSW
8 / 16mph
18.6°C ±0.9
5% : SW
8 / 15mph
17.8°C ±0.2
4% : SW
10 / 18mph
18.7°C ±0.9
8% : SW
13 / 25mph
20.3°C ±0.7
11% WSW
14 / 28mph
21.0°C ±0.2
9% : WSW
14 / 28mph
20.1°C ±0.9
3% : W
13 / 25mph
18.0°C ±1.2
1% : WSW
10 / 19mph
Mon
29 Jun
2026
15.6°C ±1.1
1% WSW
9 / 17mph
14.1°C ±0.4
1% : WSW
8 / 16mph
14.1°C ±0.4
1% : WSW
9 / 17mph
15.7°C ±1.2
3% : W
11 / 23mph
17.9°C ±1.0
2% : W
12 / 25mph
19.2°C ±0.3
3% : WSW
12 / 25mph
18.9°C ±0.5
4% : W
11 / 22mph
17.1°C ±1.3
4% : W
8 / 14mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

Headline:
Becoming increasingly warm and humid.

Today:
Any remaining showers will soon clear east, leaving a dry and very warm day with plenty of hazy sunshine. Light winds will do little to alleviate the heat. Maximum temperature 32°C.

Tonight:
A dry, mostly clear but humid night is expected with light winds. Some patchy mist may form inland and along the coast. Minimum temperature 21°C.

Wednesday:
Dry with long sunny periods and light winds. Widely very warm or hot, including overnight. Maximum temperature 34°C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Mostly dry with long sunny periods, though thundery showers may develop on Friday. Widely very warm, including overnight. Less hot on Saturday with more cloud and showers over the hills.
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

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.