Eastbourne is famous for its sunshine and is regularly one of the country's sunniest spots, with beautiful beaches and countryside to enjoy.
Record-Breaking Sunshine
During 2008 total annual sunshine was 1823 hours, compared to a long term average of 1815 hours. And in 2009 Eastbourne had over 2,000 hours of sunshine.
Sunniest UK Resort
In June 2010 GMTV confirmed that Eastbourne is the sunniest place on mainland Britain in live weather reports from the Wish Tower beach - to find out more go to our press release UK’s Sunniest Place 2010 Spreads Sunshine to All.
Sunshine Records in Recent Years
The Halifax Quality of Life Survey 2007 named Eastbourne as the sunniest place in Great Britain.
April 2007 was the warmest in Eastbourne since records began in 1867. A record maximum temperature of 24°C on 15 April 2007 beat the previous record of 23.4°C in 1870. The average maximum temperature during April was 17.1°C which significantly exceeded the 135 year average of 12°C.
273.8 sunshine hours were recorded which was just short of the highest ever of 274.3 hours recorded in 1893. The average sea temperature was 11.8°C compared to a 135 year average of 8.4°C.
In 2006 the total sunshine hours for the year in Eastbourne were 1,922.5 which is above the annual average of 1,848 hours since 1950.
2003 was a record-breaking year for Eastbourne with 2,161.5 hours of sunshine for the year with a daily average of 5.9 hours. The 108 year long term average of 1,873.0 sunshine hours was exceeded by 288.5 hours.
BBC News reported sun worshippers enjoying Eastbourne’s beaches as early as mid April 2003, with a photograph of sunbathers relaxing in front of the pier.
The hottest temperature officially recorded in Eastbourne was August 1990 when it reached 32.6C (90.6F). The town holds the UK national record for maximum duration of sunshine in a month - 383.9 hours in July 1911.
View Sunshine Statistics
Go to our Weather Records page for:
Download our Monthly Weather Reports in this section for daily figures for sun hours from September 2006 onwards.
Download our 2005 Annual Report for colour charts of:
You are at: www.eastbourne.gov.uk/sunshine
