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Apologies for the layout here, but I've put this up hastily. Climate is cyclical, and even with accurate data from the period, freak weather is possible, so these are guidelines. Also, weather changes frequently, which is why the English talk about it a lot! It is possible to have heatwaves and deep freezes, but both will be cause for much comment. Snow can happen, particularly on higher ground, but any quantity is unusual, especially near the coast.
England, especially the west and south is washed by the warm Gulf Stream, which moderates the temperatures. The southwest (Penzance and Torquay) are mild in winter. Buxton, inland and elevated, generally has colder winters thaN lower spots. Durham on the northeast coast is statistically colder than Morecambe on the north west coast.

Temperature ranges for London

         1761  1819  1988
Jan   19-53   22-53   30-38
Feb 16-56 18-51 35-45
Mar 26-56 23-59 35-47
Apr    38-66    29-68    44-60
May    42-67    25-73    44-66
Jun     49-79    42-78    51-65
Jul    53-76    42-86    56-72
Aug     54-84    43-86    52-68
Sep     42-69    33-82    46-63
Oct     39-63    22-77    48-59
Nov    35-58    21-55    42-52
Dec    31-53    10-56    39-49

Average monthly temperatures for London 1812, along with the highest for the month.
Jan    35   45
Feb    42   50
Mar    39   54
Apr    42   57
May    52   70
Jun    60   77
Jul    60   77
Aug    60   82
Sep    52   70
Oct    52   64
Nov    45   61
Dec    33   50

Ta show regional difference, here are average temperatures from around England from modern times.
Average monthly temps for different places 1988

A Bournemouth B Bradford C Buxton D Cambridge, E Durham F Hastings, G Morecambe H Penzance, I Torquay Click here for map.
The gaps are not mistakes. The data was missing for those locations/months.
Jan   33    32    32    32    32    33    33    40    37
Feb   39    38    36        37    39    38    43    42
Mar   41    39    36        39    40    39    45    43
Apr   50    50    47    37    48    51        51    51
May   52    50    47    50    49    52        53    53   
Jun   56    53    51    56    53    57        56    57
Jul   61    59    57    62    59    62    59    60    63
Aug   57    54    54    57    54    60    56    57    57
Sep   52    52    49    54    53    55    54    54    55
Oct   53    50    48    52    50    55    51    55    54
Nov   47    45    43    43       45    49    47    50    50
Dec   43    41    40    42    41    45    43    48    47

In general, the English climate is quite like that of the north west, such as Seattle and Vancouver, so you could check the seasons there to get an idea. Not, incidentally, Victoria on Vancouver Island. That lies in the rain shadow of the Olympics so it has a drier summer.

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