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Glasgow weather

SCT · 626,410 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 17:04

Partly cloudy
14°
Partly cloudy
Feels like 14°C
Wind
6 km/h
Gusts
14 km/h
Humidity
79 %
Pressure
1025 hPa
Clouds
71 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:17 Set 16:44 Day 9 h 26 min UV 1 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Afternoon
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
14°
Feels like 14°
Wind ↑ S 9 km/h
Gusts 24 km/h
Humidity 75 %
Evening
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
12°10°
Feels like 12°
Wind ↑ E 6 km/h
Gusts 13 km/h
Humidity 89 %
💧 0.1 mm
18:00
Partly cloudy
12°
0.1mm
ESE 4
21:00
Partly cloudy
10°
E 6

Glasgow 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)
0°4°8°12°16°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed8°4°Thu 29 Oct: max 14° · min 10° · normal 8.6°Fri 30 Oct: max 13° · min 9° · normal 8.5°Sat 31 Oct: max 13° · min 11° · normal 8.4°Sun 1 Nov: max 12° · min 6° · normal 8.4°Mon 2 Nov: max 9° · min 3° · normal 8.3°Tue 3 Nov: max 8° · min 2° · normal 8.3°Wed 4 Nov: max 8° · min 4° · normal 8.2°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu1°8°15°14°2°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Glasgow climate: what a normal year looks like

From 17 h 35 min of daylight in late June to 6 h 58 min in late December.

The hottest stretch is July, when afternoons average 18 °C; the coldest is December, when nights average 2 °C.

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 83 mm and 132 mm on average.

Even the coldest month, December, 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
Jan7 °C2 °C132 mm
Feb7 °C2 °C110 mm
Mar9 °C3 °C100 mm
Apr11 °C5 °C83 mm
May14 °C7 °C86 mm
Jun16 °C10 °C94 mm
Jul18 °C12 °C102 mm
Aug18 °C11 °C111 mm
Sep16 °C9 °C93 mm
Oct12 °C7 °C125 mm
Nov9 °C4 °C119 mm
Dec6 °C2 °C128 mm
Whole year12 °C6 °C1,280 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 55.87° N, 4.26° 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 Glasgow: pollution and pollen

2/6
Fair
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.510µg/m³
PM1017µg/m³
O₃48µg/m³
NO₂12µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Glasgow

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Glasgow, 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 Glasgow

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 05:34 Set 00:34
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 Glasgow

Tide station used: Glasgow

Sea state
Rippled
waves 0.5 m
Period
4 s
Swell
0.0 m
TodayThu 29/10
High tide 01:49 3.6 m
Low tide 07:13 0.7 m
High tide 14:22 3.6 m
Low tide 19:49 0.6 m
TomorrowFri 30/10
High tide 02:34 3.6 m
Low tide 08:00 0.9 m
High tide 15:02 3.5 m
Low tide 20:38 0.7 m
SatSat 31/10
High tide 03:20 3.4 m
Low tide 08:51 1.1 m
High tide 15:43 3.5 m
Low tide 21:33 0.8 m
SunSun 01/11
High tide 04:11 3.3 m
Low tide 09:48 1.3 m
High tide 16:29 3.4 m
Low tide 22:39 0.9 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 Glasgow

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

Glasgow weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Glasgow, SCT: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “partly cloudy”, it is 14 °C (feels like 14 °C) and the wind blows at 6 km/h.

Expected range today: 10 °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 Glasgow.

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