St Albans (Hertfordshire) weather

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    7 day forecast for St Albans

    Today (17 May 2026)
    Time
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
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    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    8
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    7
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    9
    W
    9
    W
    9
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    14
    14
    15
    16
    15
    17
    17
    19
    19
    20
    19
    19
    20
    18
    18
    16
    14
    15
    15
    13
    Visibility
    M
    G
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    93%
    92%
    93%
    92%
    86%
    82%
    73%
    64%
    56%
    53%
    47%
    43%
    43%
    42%
    43%
    44%
    52%
    58%
    68%
    73%
    76%
    UV - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Monday (18 May 2026)
    Time
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    03:00
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    06:00
    07:00
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    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    7
    SW
    6
    SW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SSW
    10
    SW
    10
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    10
    S
    9
    S
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    11
    10
    10
    10
    11
    14
    16
    17
    19
    20
    20
    20
    20
    21
    20
    20
    21
    21
    21
    20
    17
    16
    16
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    81%
    85%
    87%
    90%
    92%
    92%
    90%
    85%
    81%
    79%
    75%
    67%
    62%
    62%
    58%
    58%
    57%
    56%
    57%
    64%
    70%
    77%
    83%
    85%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 - - -
    Tuesday (19 May 2026)
    Time
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    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light shower day Overcast Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    70%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    80%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    70%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
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    11°
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    14°
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    13°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    9
    S
    9
    S
    9
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    14
    S
    14
    S
    14
    S
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    15
    SW
    15
    SW
    15
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    SW
    12
    WSW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    16
    18
    19
    21
    23
    25
    26
    26
    26
    26
    27
    28
    29
    30
    31
    30
    28
    25
    23
    19
    19
    19
    20
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    86%
    88%
    90%
    92%
    93%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    94%
    95%
    94%
    87%
    74%
    71%
    70%
    72%
    70%
    70%
    73%
    77%
    84%
    86%
    88%
    88%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wednesday (20 May 2026)
    Time
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    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
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    13:00
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    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    11
    SW
    12
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    14
    SW
    14
    SW
    15
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    18
    19
    19
    19
    20
    22
    23
    26
    27
    28
    28
    30
    29
    29
    27
    27
    25
    23
    21
    18
    17
    16
    16
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    89%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    92%
    89%
    85%
    82%
    77%
    72%
    69%
    69%
    67%
    65%
    63%
    63%
    65%
    67%
    70%
    75%
    78%
    80%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 - - -
    Thursday (21 May 2026)
    Time
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    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
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    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    18°
    19°
    20°
    21°
    21°
    21°
    21°
    21°
    20°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    20°
    20°
    20°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    S
    7
    S
    7
    S
    7
    S
    7
    S
    6
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    6
    SE
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    13
    12
    12
    11
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    16
    17
    17
    17
    18
    17
    17
    16
    16
    15
    13
    12
    12
    11
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    P
    M
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    86%
    90%
    93%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    90%
    85%
    79%
    74%
    67%
    62%
    57%
    54%
    50%
    47%
    46%
    45%
    49%
    53%
    57%
    61%
    63%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 - - -
    Friday (22 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    14°
    15°
    19°
    23°
    25°
    23°
    19°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    13°
    14°
    18°
    21°
    23°
    21°
    17°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    6
    SE
    6
    SE
    6
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    7
    S
    9
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    9
    SW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    12
    13
    17
    20
    21
    21
    18
    15
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    67%
    71%
    78%
    79%
    67%
    51%
    42%
    44%
    59%
    UV - - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Saturday (23 May 2026)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    14°
    14°
    17°
    21°
    23°
    21°
    18°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    15°
    13°
    13°
    16°
    19°
    21°
    19°
    16°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    6
    SW
    6
    WSW
    6
    SW
    8
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    14
    16
    19
    20
    20
    18
    14
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    73%
    82%
    82%
    71%
    52%
    46%
    49%
    59%
    UV - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -

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    Headline:

    Showers with sunny spells.

    Today:

    Generally a dry and bright start, far eastern coasts cloudier initially. Isolated showers in the far west from midday, spreading east during the afternoon. Winds are light but breezy along the coast. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

    Tonight:

    Showers easing during the evening, with some breaks in the cloud developing allowing temperatures to fall but remain above freezing. Feeling cold. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

    Monday:

    Sunshine and heavy thundery showers during the day. Clouding over from the west during the evening with rain and strong winds arriving overnight. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Tuesday with windy conditions and showers following. Wednesday breezy, bright spells and isolated showers. Thursday looking dry and settled with light winds. Temperatures becoming warmer.

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