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Today's briefing

Good morning Birmingham. We're starting the day at a mild 18 degrees with clear skies and zero chance of rain, so you can expect a lovely warming trend through to a high of 26 degrees this afternoon. With a UV index of 5 and winds around 16 kilometres per hour, it's a pleasant spring day shaping up nicely across the city. A light layer or cardigan will do the trick this morning at 12 degrees, but you'll be able to shed it by mid afternoon. Looking ahead to the weekend, Saturday should reach 24 degrees with just a 4 per cent chance of showers, whilst Sunday will be even warmer at 26 degrees and nearly rain-free.

19°

Overcast · feels like 18°

Today
23° / 15°
Humidity
65%
Wind
15 km/h W
UV index
2 · Low
Sunrise
4:51 am
Sunset
9:32 pm
Updated
10:31 am

Next 24 hours

  1. Now

    19°

    4%

  2. 11am

    20°

    3%

  3. 12pm

    21°

    1%

  4. 1pm

    21°

    0%

  5. 2pm

    22°

    0%

  6. 3pm

    23°

    0%

  7. 4pm

    23°

    0%

  8. 5pm

    22°

    0%

  9. 6pm

    21°

    0%

  10. 7pm

    21°

    0%

  11. 8pm

    20°

    0%

  12. 9pm

    20°

    0%

  13. 10pm

    19°

    0%

  14. 11pm

    18°

    0%

  15. 12am

    17°

    0%

  16. 1am

    17°

    0%

  17. 2am

    16°

    0%

  18. 3am

    16°

    0%

  19. 4am

    16°

    0%

  20. 5am

    16°

    0%

  21. 6am

    16°

    0%

  22. 7am

    17°

    0%

  23. 8am

    17°

    0%

  24. 9am

    18°

    0%

Live rain radar

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Animated rain radar via RainViewer (Bureau of Meteorology sources). Full BOM radar loop.

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Seven-day forecast

  1. Sat

    Overcast

    23° 15°

    Rain 4%

  2. Sun

    Overcast

    26° 16°

    Rain 0%

  3. Mon

    Overcast

    27° 17°

    Rain 0%

  4. Tue

    Overcast

    26° 15°

    Rain 4%

  5. Wed

    Partly cloudy

    27° 18°

    Rain 0%

  6. Thu

    Mainly clear

    30° 16°

    Rain 4%

  7. Fri

    Partly cloudy

    31° 19°

    Rain 37%

Air quality

17

Good

US AQI

PM2.5
3
PM10
5
Ozone
41

Air quality by Open-Meteo (CAMS), in µg/m³.

Sun and moon

Sunrise
4:51 am
Sunset
9:32 pm
Daylight
16h 41m

Waning gibbous

80% lit

From the weather desk

Birmingham weather, explained

How to read the Birmingham forecast

A good forecast is really three views at once. The current panel tells you what it feels like outside right now, which is what matters before you head out the door. The hourly strip is for planning the next part of your day: when the rain band arrives, when the wind picks up, when it is warm enough to walk. The seven-day outlook is for the week ahead, and it is most reliable in the first three or four days. Read it from the top down and you will almost always have what you need for Birmingham.

What the UV index actually means

The UV index rates the strength of the sun's ultraviolet radiation on a simple scale. Below 3 is low and you can be outside safely without protection. From 3 to 7 is moderate to high, the point at which sunburn becomes likely within an hour, so a hat and sunscreen earn their keep. Above 8 is very high to extreme, and skin can burn in minutes around the middle of the day. The index peaks at solar noon, not at the hottest part of the afternoon, so the safest habit is to check the number rather than judge by the temperature.

Why the overnight low matters as much as the high

Daytime maximums get the headlines, but the overnight minimum shapes how the day actually feels. A cold night means a slow, crisp start and, on clear evenings, the chance of fog or frost before dawn. A mild night means the warmth carries over and the morning is comfortable from the outset. Clear skies let heat escape and push the low down; cloud cover traps it and keeps the night warmer. That is why two days with the same maximum can feel completely different depending on the night that came before.

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