In this poem, the poet compares his girlfriend (or boyfriend) to the beauty of summer. The entire poem is about the temporary nature of beauty. On first reading it seems to be a lovely poem, in fact, after you read it a few times, it is a bit depressing. It focuses on the unavoidable loss of youth and beauty.
The poem says 'a summer day is beautiful but, today, you are MORE beautiful. But summer turns into winter, just like your young beauty will turn into ugly old age. Today you are more lovely than the sun, but you will fade, my love, and you will die, BUT my poem will not get old and everyone will remember your vanished beauty when they read my beautiful poem."
The line you ask about is in the first half. He is saying 'if I compare you to a summer's day, well, sometimes summer days are too hot, so you are better than a summer's day.'
And remember, 400 years ago they didn't have modern clothing, heating, or housing, tv etc etc. So winter was a horrible horrible thing, which in comparison made summer even more wonderful than modern people think it is. And yet, she is more beautiful than a summer's day... but it won't last. Summer's lease hath all too short a date.
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