Kent Weather
Good afternoon. Live readings straight from the back-garden weather station.

A personal weather station above the Kentish Weald.

Lords Wood, Kent 155 m above sea level Thursday, 12 June 2026 · 14:20 Live · updated 00s ago
17.0°C
Partly cloudy Feels like 16° · Dew point 11°
A mild, breezy afternoon — broken cloud drifting in off the Channel, the air pressure easing back a touch after a bright morning.
Today: 19.4° high · 9.1° low Rain today: 0.4 mm · Wind WSW 11 mph
Today's High
19.4°
at 13:05
Today's Low
9.1°
at 04:48
WSW
11 mph sustained
Gusting 23 mph · avg 9 mph (10 min)
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12 Jun 2026 · 14:20
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Observer's log

This month — June 2026

A warm, unsettled start to summer

Written from the station, 12 June

The first half of June has been a tale of two halves. A settled, sunny spell over the first week pushed the thermometer to a month-high of 26.3°C on the 6th, with several still, clear nights letting temperatures dip into single figures.

Since the 8th, Atlantic fronts have taken charge. We've logged rain on four of the last five days, the heaviest being a brisk 14 mm thundery burst on the evening of the 10th. Pressure has been restless, bottoming out at 1006 hPa.

Sunshine is running close to average for the time of year, and the garden — for once — hasn't needed watering.

Highest temperature26.3 °C (6th)
Lowest temperature7.2 °C (2nd)
Mean temperature15.8 °C
Total rainfall38.6 mm
Wettest day14.0 mm (10th)
Rain days6 of 12
Sunshine94.2 hrs
Highest gust38 mph (10th)
Lowest pressure1006 hPa
Since records began

All-time extremes

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Hottest
38.9 °C
19 Jul 2022
Coldest
−8.2 °C
12 Feb 2025
Wettest day
52.4 mm
28 Oct 2024
Strongest gust
61 mph
2 Jan 2025
The sky tonight

Sun & moon

Sunrise
04:43
Daylight 16h 38m
Sunset
21:21
Golden hour from 20:30
Moon
Waxing gibbous
78% lit · full on 19 Jun
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About this station

The Davis weather station — anemometer, radiation shield and rain gauge on a mast — standing in the garden among greenery and hydrangeas.

The kit

StationDavis Vantage Pro 2
SensorsWireless, fan-aspirated
ConsoleWeatherLink Live
Update rate2.5 seconds
Elevation155 m AMSL
Coordinates51.3308° N, 0.5507° E
Recording sinceJune 2026

I'm James, and this is the weather as it happens in Lords Wood, on the high ground east of Maidstone. At 155 metres up, we catch the wind and the weather a little before the valley does — which makes for a good vantage point on whatever's rolling in off the Channel.

This site shares everything my station records, freely and in real time. No paywall, no app, no nonsense — just honest local numbers for neighbours, gardeners, dog-walkers and fellow weather nerds.

If you live nearby and want to compare notes, do get in touch. The more eyes on the sky, the better.

— James