Location
Oxford's latitude and longitude are 51°45′07″N 1°15′28″WCoordinates: 51°45′07″N 1°15′28″W or grid reference SP513061 (at Carfax Tower, which is usually considered the centre).
Oxford is 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Reading, 26 miles (42 km) north-east of Swindon, 36 miles (58 km) east of Cheltenham and 43 miles (69 km) east of Gloucester, 29 miles (47 km) south-west of Milton Keynes, 38 miles (61 km) south-east of Evesham, 43 miles (69 km) south of Rugby and 51 miles (82 km) north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames (also sometimes known as the Isis locally from the Latinised name Thamesis) run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre.
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Worcester | Banbury | Bicester, Milton Keynes | |
| Witney, Cheltenham |  |
High Wycombe, Aylesbury | ||
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| Wantage, Swindon | Abingdon, Didcot, Newbury, Reading | Slough, Windsor |
Climate
Oxford has a maritime temperate climate ("Cfb" by the Köppen system). Precipitation is uniformly distributed throughout the year and is provided mostly by weather systems that arrive from the Atlantic. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Oxford was −16.6 °C (2.1 °F) in January 1982. The highest temperature ever recorded in Oxford is 35.6 °C (96 °F) in August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave. Oxford's climate is similar to that of Pershore, Worcestershire.[30]The average conditions below are from the Radcliffe Meteorological Station. It boasts the longest series of temperature and rainfall records for one site in Britain. These records are continuous from January 1815. Irregular observations of rainfall, cloud and temperature exist from 1767.[31]
| [hide]Climate data for Oxford, elevation: 61m (1981–2010) Extremes (1900–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.2 (72) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.6 (96.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
28.9 (84) |
18.9 (66) |
15.9 (60.6) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.0 (41) |
10.7 (51.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
5.0 (41) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.8 (46) |
4.6 (40.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) |
−16.1 (3) |
−11.1 (12) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−16.1 (3) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.6 (2.228) |
42.5 (1.673) |
47.6 (1.874) |
49.1 (1.933) |
57.1 (2.248) |
48.0 (1.89) |
48.9 (1.925) |
56.5 (2.224) |
54.1 (2.13) |
69.6 (2.74) |
66.1 (2.602) |
63.1 (2.484) |
659.7 (25.972) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.5 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 115.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 62.5 | 78.9 | 111.2 | 160.9 | 192.9 | 191.0 | 207.0 | 196.5 | 141.2 | 111.3 | 70.7 | 53.8 | 1,577.9 |
| Source #1: Met Office[32][33] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: KNMI[34] | |||||||||||||
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