Will the weather stay dry for week one of Wimbledon?

Published28 June 2026

The grass is being measured, the rackets strung and the strawberries and cream prepped. But what will the great British weather serve up this year for Wimbledon fortnight?

Following a record-breaking June heatwave earlier in the week, temperatures have been dipping through the weekend.

It will be cooler and more unsettled for the first week of Wimbledon 2026.

But there will also be plenty of warm sunshine at times too.

A dry start to the tournament

Monday is looking ideal for most spectators and players.

With high pressure to the south of the UK, it's likely to stay dry on Monday with temperatures peaking in the low to mid-twenties Celsius and a gentle westerly breeze. There will be sunny spells on and off throughout the day and areas of cloud at times.

Tuesday is looking more showery across the UK as a whole but it should be drier across the Greater London area. A few isolated showers can't be ruled out, however.

As the wind turns more north-westerly later through the week, Wimbledon is well placed to stay dry with a reasonably light breeze and temperatures in the mid twenties.

However, temperatures could start to rise again into the middle weekend as high pressure becomes more established across the southern half of the UK.

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While it will remain warmer than average, the heat and humidity will be a lot less intense than of late. For the time being, at least.

This week temperatures in London stayed above 30C for seven consecutive days with Wisley in Surrey peaking at 36C on Wednesday.

For week two of the Championships, there is more uncertainty in the forecast but it is looking likely that the warm and dry theme will continue.

The long-range forecast for the summer suggests there could be further significant bursts of heat into July and August.

Keep an eye on all the details here.

How this year compares to past tournaments

If the forecast remains unchanged, the weather will be mostly dry with sunny spells and turning increasingly warm again.

But Wimbledon is no stranger to summer heat.

The hottest day recorded during Wimbledon fortnight was on 1 July 2015 when temperatures peaked at 35.7C in nearby Kew Gardens.

During the infamous summer of 1976, on 27 June, night-time temperatures didn't fall below 20.8C.

The All England Club has a heat rule in place now and players are allowed to request a ten-minute break when the heat stress index reaches 30.1C.

The heat stress index is similar to the wet bulb global temperature. It measures not just the air temperature but takes into account humidity, radiant heat from the sun and the court surface temperature.

The heat rule has already been triggered in the qualifying rounds this week.

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