Rushden weather in July

In July, Rushden sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 30 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Rushden's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rushden's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
4:05 AM – 8:11 PM
Cloud cover
69%
1st clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Rushden is town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Rushden reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Rushden

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Rushden weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 4910.80.980.9
Feb / 399.81.59.51.1
Mar10° / 43100.911.52.2
Apr13° / 49110.113.63.5
May16° / 5410.6015.44.8
Jun19° / 11°5810.4016.45.8
Jul22° / 13°6011.40166.2
Aug21° / 13°6110.5014.56.2
Sep18° / 11°508.9012.45.8
Oct14° / 5910.6010.34.0
Nov10° / 56110.28.52.1
Dec / 5311.10.97.51.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
33070
43070
53169
63070
73070
83169
93169
103169
113268
123268
133367
143367
153466
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rushden gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
238
338
438
538
638
738
838
938
1037
1137
1236
1335
1435
1534
1634
1733
1833
1933
2033
2134
2234
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2435
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2635
2735
2835
2935
3035
3135

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
172244
271254
371263
470273
568293
667303
766313
865323
965323
1064333
1163334
1263334
1363334
1462335
1562335
1662326
1762326
1861327
1961327
2060328
2160328
2259329
2358339
2458339
2557349
2657349
2756359
2856359
2955369
3055369
31533710

Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 30 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:51 AM to 4:26 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.53:518:20
216.53:528:20
316.53:538:20
416.43:538:19
516.43:548:19
616.43:558:18
716.43:568:18
816.33:578:17
916.33:588:17
1016.33:598:16
1116.34:008:15
1216.24:018:15
1316.24:028:14
1416.24:038:13
1516.14:048:12
1616.14:058:11
1716.14:068:10
1816.04:088:09
1916.04:098:08
2015.94:108:06
2115.94:128:05
2215.94:138:04
2315.84:148:03
2415.84:168:01
2515.74:178:00
2615.74:197:59
2715.64:207:57
2815.64:227:56
2915.54:237:54
3015.54:257:53
3115.44:267:51

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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45.1Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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125.0Bright
134.9Bright
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214.8Bright
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244.8Bright
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264.7Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rushden?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Rushden for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rushden in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Rushden sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Rushden in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rushden peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rushden?

Rushden sits at 52.3°N, 0.6°W, 61 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Wellingborough, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Rushden

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rushden.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rushden has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Rushden is covered by cropland (36%), artificial surfaces (22%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Wellingborough 6.0 km · Kettering 15 km · Bedford 20 km · Northampton 20 km · Kempston 20 km · Kempston Hardwick 23 km · Corby 24 km · Newport Pagnell 24 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Rushden (52.2893°, -0.6018°, elevation 61 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).