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Live rain radar, current conditions, an hour-by-hour outlook and a seven-day forecast for Coventry, with original writing about the city's climate from The Daily Coventry.

Today's briefing

Coventry's having a lovely day ahead, with the mercury climbing to a crisp 25 degrees under mostly clear skies and virtually no chance of rain. It's a bit fresh out there right now at 16 degrees, but you'll want to layer up this morning and shed a jumper once the sun gets going, especially with the UV index sitting at 5. Head into the weekend and you'll see Saturday reach 21 degrees with just a whisper of rain possible, before Sunday warms up beautifully to 27 degrees, so there's plenty of reason to get outdoors over the next few days.

Partly cloudy · 18° in Coventry

18°

Partly cloudy · feels like 16°

Today: 24° / 14°
Humidity: 65%
Wind: 14 km/h W
UV index: 0 · Low
Sunrise: 4:49 am
Sunset: 9:30 pm
Updated: 12:01 am

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Live rain radar

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

Seven-day forecast

Sat
Overcast
24° 14°
Rain 10%
Sun
Overcast
27° 16°
Rain 2%
Mon
Overcast
28° 17°
Rain 2%
Tue
Overcast
27° 16°
Rain 2%
Wed
Overcast
27° 18°
Rain 0%
Thu
Partly cloudy
31° 16°
Rain 2%
Fri
Overcast
28° 20°
Rain 22%

Air quality

Good

US AQI

PM2.5: 2
PM10: 5
Ozone: 47

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

Sun and moon

Sunrise: 4:49 am
Sunset: 9:30 pm
Daylight: 16h 41m

Waning gibbous

83% lit

From the weather desk

Coventry weather, explained

How to read the Coventry 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 Coventry.

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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