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Met Office 7-day forecast for Leeds (Potternewton)

Model run at 2000, Wed 23 Sep 2026. All times UTC.
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Wed
23 Sep
2026
16.1°C ±1.5
1% : NW
7 / 15mph
12.9°C ±1.7
1% : WNW
6 / 14mph
Thu
24 Sep
2026
10.9°C ±1.0
4% SW
1 / 5mph
9.4°C ±0.6
4% : NW
1 / 3mph
8.5°C ±0.3
4% : SSE
2 / 9mph
10.7°C ±2.5
5% : SSE
6 / 11mph
15.3°C ±2.1
5% : S
10 / 18mph
18.2°C ±0.9
5% : SSW
10 / 18mph
18.3°C ±0.8
5% : S
6 / 13mph
16.5°C ±1.1
4% : S
5 / 13mph
Fri
25 Sep
2026
15.0°C ±0.5
0% S
5 / 11mph
13.9°C ±0.7
0% : SSW
5 / 12mph
13.3°C ±0.2
5% : SSW
5 / 11mph
14.4°C ±1.0
10% W
5 / 11mph
15.7°C ±0.3
17% WNW
6 / 12mph
15.7°C ±0.3
49% WNW
7 / 14mph
14.4°C ±1.0
52% W
5 / 10mph
12.7°C ±0.7
13% W
4 / 9mph
Sat
26 Sep
2026
11.3°C ±0.7
6% WSW
5 / 10mph
10.4°C ±0.4
1% : WSW
6 / 11mph
9.9°C ±0.2
0% : WSW
6 / 12mph
11.7°C ±2.0
0% : SW
7 / 15mph
15.4°C ±1.7
1% : WSW
10 / 21mph
17.6°C ±0.5
1% : WSW
10 / 20mph
16.6°C ±1.4
1% : SW
5 / 10mph
14.1°C ±1.1
0% : SSW
5 / 9mph
Sun
27 Sep
2026
12.4°C ±0.7
0% SSW
5 / 9mph
11.0°C ±0.7
0% : SSE
5 / 9mph
10.1°C ±0.4
0% : SSE
6 / 11mph
11.7°C ±1.9
1% : SSE
8 / 17mph
15.6°C ±2.0
8% : S
12 / 24mph
17.5°C ±0.1
18% S
11 / 21mph
16.7°C ±0.7
36% SSW
9 / 17mph
14.9°C ±1.1
9% : SW
7 / 14mph
Mon
28 Sep
2026
13.2°C ±0.7
4% WSW
7 / 12mph
11.9°C ±0.7
2% : WSW
6 / 11mph
10.6°C ±0.6
1% : WSW
5 / 9mph
11.6°C ±1.6
2% : SW
5 / 11mph
14.7°C ±1.5
2% : SW
6 / 14mph
16.6°C ±0.4
5% : SW
5 / 12mph
15.4°C ±1.5
5% : SSW
5 / 9mph
13.2°C ±0.8
6% : SE
6 / 12mph
Tue
29 Sep
2026
12.2°C ±0.4
7% ESE
7 / 13mph
12.1°C ±0.2
15% ESE
8 / 15mph
12.8°C ±0.5
17% ESE
9 / 17mph
14.5°C ±1.2
20% SE
11 / 21mph
17.2°C ±1.4
17% SE
12 / 23mph
19.4°C ±0.9
15% SSE
13 / 24mph
19.9°C ±0.4
33% SSE
12 / 23mph
18.9°C ±0.6
12% SSE
11 / 21mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka, Scarborough

Headline:
Largely clear, chilly tonight. Warmer Thursday, plenty of sunshine.

This Evening and Tonight:
A clear night for much of the region and with light winds temperatures will fall away quickly. Some patchy cloud perhaps developing late in the night, but remaining dry. Minimum temperature 4°C.

Thursday:
Fine and bright after a chilly start. Plenty of hazy sunshine with the greatest chance of any thicker cloud affecting Yorkshire. Rather warm by the afternoon, but a strengthening breeze. Maximum temperature 20°C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Cloudier with a chance of rain Friday. Drier and brighter over the weekend with some sunny or clear spells, although breezy at times. Temperatures near or slightly above normal.
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.

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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.