Beer Garden Weather
A lighthearted ranking of this week's best afternoons for sitting outside a Southampton pub - based on a genuine forecast, not a guess.
Every afternoon (roughly midday to early evening) for the coming week is scored out of 100 using four real forecast values for that window: temperature, chance of rain, wind speed and cloud cover. It's a bit of fun, but the underlying numbers are the same live Open-Meteo forecast used across the rest of this site - feel free to link straight to this page from your pub's own site or socials.
This Week's Afternoons
Afternoon average 15°C, a mix of sun and cloud, 0% chance of rain, winds around 10km/h.
🍺 Good garden weather - a light layer for later
Afternoon average 15°C, plenty of sunshine, 0% chance of rain, winds around 12km/h.
🍺 Good garden weather - a light layer for later
Afternoon average 11°C, mostly cloudy skies, 0% chance of rain, winds around 8km/h.
⛅ Fair - fine for a quick one, keep a coat handy
Afternoon average 10°C, mostly cloudy skies, 0% chance of rain, winds around 11km/h.
⛅ Fair - fine for a quick one, keep a coat handy
Afternoon average 12°C, plenty of sunshine, 1% chance of rain, winds around 16km/h.
🍺 Good garden weather - a light layer for later
Afternoon average 11°C, a mix of sun and cloud, 0% chance of rain, winds around 15km/h.
⛅ Fair - fine for a quick one, keep a coat handy
Afternoon average 11°C, a mix of sun and cloud, 1% chance of rain, winds around 13km/h.
⛅ Fair - fine for a quick one, keep a coat handy
How the Score Works
Each afternoon's score is built from four genuine forecast values, weighted by how much they actually affect an outdoor pint: temperature and rain chance count for 35% each, with wind and cloud cover worth 15% each. A warm (around 22°C), dry, calm and sunny afternoon scores close to 100; a cold, wet, windy and overcast one scores close to zero. It's a simple, transparent formula rather than a hidden algorithm - and like any forecast, it gets less certain the further into the week you look.
Where this data comes from: live hourly forecast data for Southampton from the free Open-Meteo service, cached for 30 minutes. The scoring formula above is applied directly to that data with no manual adjustment - it's just as capable of predicting a washout as a scorcher.
See also: Local Events Calendar • Golden Hour Times • Cycling & Running Weather