Clacton-on-Sea

The Essex seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea has recorded its warmest year ending 1st October on record, with an average temperature of 12.5°C. That is 1.7°C above the long-term average of 10.8°C, and local records show a warming trend of roughly +0.34°C per decade. The figures add to growing evidence of rising temperatures along the UK's east coast.

Clacton-on-Sea reached 19.6°C on 30 September, its warmest such date on record and 5.3°C above the seasonal average of 14.3°C. The reading comes with a long-term warming trend of about +0.12°C per decade, and the unusually mild end to September has drawn attention amid ongoing discussion of record temperatures in the UK.

Clacton-on-Sea reached 18.2°C on 29 September, making it the warmest 29th of September on record for the Essex seaside town and 3.8°C above the seasonal average of 14.4°C. Weather observers noted the long-term trend for the date is a rise of about 0.16°C per decade, fuelling wider discussion of unseasonably warm autumn conditions in the UK.