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Bradford weather

England · 366,187 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 17:05

Mainly clear
13°
Mainly clear
Feels like 13°C
Wind
6 km/h
Gusts
15 km/h
Humidity
82 %
Pressure
1028 hPa
Clouds
35 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:01 Set 16:40 Day 9 h 38 min UV 2 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Afternoon
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
14°13°
Feels like 14°
Wind ↑ SE 8 km/h
Gusts 18 km/h
Humidity 77 %
Evening
Mainly clear
Mainly clear
11°9°
Feels like 11°
Wind ↑ SSE 5 km/h
Gusts 11 km/h
Humidity 90 %
18:00
Mainly clear
11°
SSE 5
21:00
Mainly clear
9°
S 2

Bradford forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
4°7°10°12°15°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed10°8°Thu 29 Oct: max 14° · min 8° · normal 8.5°Fri 30 Oct: max 12° · min 7° · normal 8.4°Sat 31 Oct: max 10° · min 6° · normal 8.3°Sun 1 Nov: max 10° · min 6° · normal 8.3°Mon 2 Nov: max 9° · min 6° · normal 8.2°Tue 3 Nov: max 11° · min 6° · normal 8.1°Wed 4 Nov: max 10° · min 8° · normal 8.0°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu4°10°15°14°6°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Bradford climate: what a normal year looks like

From 17 h 06 min of daylight in late June to 7 h 25 min in late December.

The hottest stretch is July, when afternoons average 19 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average 2 °C.

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 70 mm and 89 mm on average.

Even the coldest month, February, keeps nights above freezing on average (2 °C).

Forecast highs for the coming week average 11 °C, 1 °C cooler than a normal October (12 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan6 °C2 °C81 mm
Feb7 °C2 °C73 mm
Mar8 °C3 °C70 mm
Apr11 °C5 °C70 mm
May14 °C7 °C70 mm
Jun16 °C10 °C86 mm
Jul19 °C12 °C84 mm
Aug19 °C12 °C89 mm
Sep16 °C10 °C75 mm
Oct12 °C7 °C81 mm
Nov9 °C4 °C81 mm
Dec6 °C2 °C88 mm
Whole year12 °C6 °C950 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 53.79° N, 1.75° W, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Bradford: pollution and pollen

2/6
Fair
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.516µg/m³
PM1021µg/m³
O₃40µg/m³
NO₂21µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Bradford

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Bradford, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Moon over Bradford

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 05:47 Set —
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Europe/London); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Sea and tides near Bradford

Tide station used: Keighley · 13 km away

TodayThu 29/10
High tide 00:33 9.7 m
Low tide 07:11 1.5 m
High tide 12:57 9.7 m
Low tide 19:30 1.6 m
TomorrowFri 30/10
High tide 01:20 9.4 m
Low tide 07:59 1.9 m
High tide 13:44 9.4 m
Low tide 20:23 1.9 m
SatSat 31/10
High tide 02:13 8.9 m
Low tide 08:51 2.3 m
High tide 14:37 8.9 m
Low tide 21:24 2.2 m
SunSun 01/11
High tide 03:12 8.3 m
Low tide 09:51 2.8 m
High tide 15:40 8.4 m
Low tide 22:33 2.5 m

Indicative heights above chart datum. Coefficient: 20 for the weakest tides, 120 for the strongest. · more tide detail on TidesAtlas

Look up a past day in Bradford

Curious about the weather in Bradford on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Bradford weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Bradford, England: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “mainly clear”, it is 13 °C (feels like 13 °C) and the wind blows at 6 km/h.

Expected range today: 8 °C to 14 °C and a dry sky. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms, plus the tide times for Keighley.

Bradford weather data for developers

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations