Fri
Jun 12 · Actual
- High
- 21°
- Low
- 14°
- Rain
- 1mm
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🌦️Looking promising.
Final recap — actual measured weather.
Jun 12 – Jun 14
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Jun 12 · Actual
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Download Festival is the UK's premier rock and metal festival, held at Donington Park in Leicestershire — hallowed ground for British metal since the Monsters of Rock years. Around 110,000 people camp across the racetrack for three to four days each June.
Mid-June in the East Midlands is unpredictable early British summer: highs of 17–21°C, nights of 9–12°C, and a steady chance of showers or full rainy days. True heatwaves are rare but do happen.
Donington's clay-and-grass campgrounds are notorious for turning into a swamp — Download 2007 and 2019 are remembered as much for the mud as the music. Wellies and a waterproof are non-negotiable, and the lack of natural shelter on the campsites means tents take a beating in wind and rain.