Oxford (Oxfordshire) weather

Headline:

Early rain clearing to sunny spells and scattered heavy showers.

Today:

Mostly cloudy this morning with patchy rain slowly easing. Turning brighter from the north during the afternoon but some heavy showers and thunderstorms developing. A little cooler than yesterday but still feeling warm in any sunshine with light winds. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Showers dying out this evening leaving a mostly clear and colder night than the last. A chance for one or two fog patches to form, mainly in southern coastal counties. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Thursday:

Largely sunny to start and end the day, with a cloudier spell in between. Mainly dry, but isolated afternoon showers are likely to develop in the south. Rather warm. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Fine on Friday with plenty of sunshine then occasional rain or showers this weekend, though often dry and bright by day. Feeling warm despite the more changeable conditions.

A much more unsettled period than of late with the whole of the UK likely to see showers or some longer spells of rain, but also some drier and brighter interludes. For Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday it's likely a story of sunshine and showers. The showers will be heavier and more frequent in the west where it may also be windy, especially across the northwest. The east, especially the southeast may well see a good deal of dry weather. The rest of the week then sees further frontal systems run into the UK, bringing more widespread rain at times, but again some drier spells in-between these. Temperatures will probably be close to average, perhaps slightly above at times, but will feel fairly cool in the often strong winds.

Changeable weather conditions are expected as we head into June although with time a trend toward longer settled spells seems likely. So spells of wet weather with showers or longer spells of rain are likely to be interspersed with drier, sunnier periods these drier periods may become more prevalent as we had further into June. Overall, it will likely be wetter in the west and drier in the east. Temperatures will probably average out around normal, although some very warm or even hot spells are still possible, as normal for the time of year.