Isle of Wight Festival: what was the weather like at past editions?

At 15 of 20 editions of Isle of Wight Festival with known dates from 2003 to 2025 (75%), at least one festival day had rain (≥ 1 mm); a day of 30 °C or more came at 0 of 20 editions. Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), data to 2025.

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Data updated: 2 November 2026 · Sources, licences and data

Calculated 3 November 2026 · weather: ERA5 2003–2025 · edition dates checked 2 November 2026

15 / 20editions with at least one rainy day

32%of festival days rainy

2 / 20editions with mud (≥ 40 mm incl. the week before)

0 / 20editions with a day ≥ 30 °C

8 °C (2011)coldest night

5 mmmedian rain per edition

Climate of the usual dates

If the next edition falls on its usual dates (13–16 June), the weather on those calendar days in 1991–2025 gives these odds:

66% — chance of at least one rainy day
29% — share of rainy days
19 °C — average daily maximum
0% — chance of a day of 30 °C or more
3% — chance of a night below 8 °C

Average daily maximum on these dates: 19.3 °C in 1991–2005, 19.5 °C in 2011–2025.

The Isle of Wight Festival gets mild weather: no heat, and no properly cold nights either. The main question here is rain, and usually it's light. Weather services give you the forecast for specific days; here you get the weather of past editions from ERA5.

Rain, mud and extremes from past editions

32% of festival days are rainy, yet the median rainfall per edition is just 5 mm. Mud (40 mm or more across the festival days and the week before) occurred 2 times out of 20. The wettest edition, 21–24 June 2012, brought rain on 3 days out of 4 and 35 mm: wellies are worth packing. The coldest night, 8 °C in 2011, didn't quite reach the cold-night threshold. The 2021 edition ran 16–19 September: 1 mm, 22 °C.

2027: later than the usual dates

The 2027 festival runs 17–20 June, later than the usual dates of 13–16 June. For the usual dates, the 1991–2025 climate gives a 66% chance of at least one rainy day, 19 °C by day and a 3% chance of a night below 8 °C. The late editions of 2018 and 2024 passed without rainy days, but that isn't a forecast (methodology).

Weather at past editions

editions with at least one rainy day · Rain, mm

Year	Dates	Rainy days	Rain	Max	Night min
2025	19–22 June	0 / 4	0 mm	27 °C	16 °C
2024	20–23 June	0 / 4	1 mm	23 °C	12 °C
2023	15–18 June	2 / 4	8 mm	27 °C	15 °C
2022	16–19 June	2 / 4	18 mm	26 °C	10 °C
2021	16–19 September	1 / 4	1 mm	22 °C	13 °C
2019	13–16 June	1 / 4	4 mm	17 °C	12 °C
2018	21–24 June	0 / 4	0 mm	23 °C	9 °C
2017	8–11 June	1 / 4	4 mm	20 °C	13 °C
2016	9–12 June	1 / 4	5 mm	20 °C	13 °C
2015	11–14 June	1 / 4	7 mm	24 °C	12 °C
2014	12–15 June	1 / 4	2 mm	24 °C	12 °C
2013	13–16 June	2 / 4	8 mm	17 °C	11 °C
2012	21–24 June	3 / 4	35 mm	19 °C	12 °C
2011	10–12 June	2 / 3	15 mm	15 °C	8 °C
2010	11–13 June	2 / 3	17 mm	19 °C	11 °C
2007	8–10 June	2 / 3	5 mm	22 °C	14 °C
2006	9–11 June	0 / 3	0 mm	24 °C	14 °C
2005	10–12 June	1 / 3	2 mm	21 °C	9 °C
2004	11–13 June	0 / 3	0 mm	24 °C	12 °C
2003	14–15 June	1 / 2	9 mm	22 °C	12 °C

How to read these numbers

ERA5 is a reanalysis on a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): it counts slightly more light-rain days than nearby weather stations (by about 5–7 percentage points) and gives daytime highs about 1–2.5 °C below station readings, so real hot days were hotter than shown here.
Edition window: the official programme days (main festival days, without camping or warm-up days before the start).
“Mud” means at least 40 mm of rain over the festival days and the week before.
No dates found for 2008, 2009: these editions are not counted.
Dates of past editions: Wikidata and Wikipedia (de, en, es, fr, it, nl); cancelled editions (e.g. 2020–21) are not counted.

Dates and sources

Coordinates: 50.708, -1.286; ERA5 cell centred at 50.75, -1.25 (average ground height of the cell 23 m).