Kew climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kew?

Kew has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 611 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kew?

The hottest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2009, reaching 45.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kew?

The coldest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1982, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kew?

Almost never: Kew sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kew warmed?

Yes: Kew warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kew?

The wettest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1973, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kew?

The windiest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2008, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kew?

The warmest month in Kew is January (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kew?

Kew receives on average 611 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kew?

Kew gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kew (Australia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 611 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kew averages 1 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.

Kew has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 7 February 2009) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 21 July 1982).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KewVictoria

coords: -37.81°, 145.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

14.1°C

Average daily high

18.9°C

Average daily low

9.8°C

Annual rainfall

611mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

20.3km/h

Seasonal range

10.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

110 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

17.1 °C

Average feels-like low

7.6 °C

Average peak gust

42.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

45.4 °C

7 February 2009

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

21 July 1982

Wettest day

85 mm

5 February 1973

Windiest day

52.0 km/h

2 April 2008

Strongest gust

105.1 km/h

30 August 2005

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

25 January 2019

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

21 July 1982

Snowiest day

0.3 cm

23 June 1981

Sunniest day

14.6 h

28 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.4 °C27 January 2025	1.3 °C21 May 2025	14.9 °C	531 mm	40	0
2024	38.5 °C16 December 2024	-1.1 °C3 July 2024	15.0 °C	553 mm	33	2
2023	38.5 °C17 February 2023	0.0 °C16 August 2023	14.7 °C	688 mm	20	0
2022	36.6 °C27 December 2022	-0.6 °C20 July 2022	14.6 °C	926 mm	22	3
2021	37.7 °C31 December 2021	1.1 °C8 July 2021	14.2 °C	665 mm	20	0
2020	42.5 °C31 January 2020	0.9 °C28 June 2020	14.3 °C	759 mm	22	0
2019	43.5 °C25 January 2019	1.9 °C24 June 2019	14.9 °C	483 mm	33	0
2018	41.1 °C6 January 2018	0.7 °C4 September 2018	15.0 °C	475 mm	27	0
2017	38.0 °C17 January 2017	-0.9 °C1 July 2017	14.9 °C	686 mm	38	1
2016	41.2 °C13 January 2016	1.2 °C5 August 2016	14.9 °C	727 mm	24	0
2015	40.7 °C19 December 2015	-0.8 °C19 July 2015	14.7 °C	429 mm	34	1
2014	41.7 °C14 January 2014	-0.4 °C3 August 2014	15.1 °C	520 mm	32	1
2013	40.5 °C4 January 2013	-0.9 °C23 June 2013	15.0 °C	592 mm	37	1
2012	38.1 °C2 January 2012	1.2 °C7 July 2012	14.5 °C	615 mm	25	0
2011	36.8 °C1 February 2011	0.5 °C16 July 2011	14.4 °C	759 mm	11	0
2010	41.4 °C11 January 2010	0.9 °C23 May 2010	14.4 °C	809 mm	24	0
2009	45.4 °C7 February 2009	0.5 °C8 July 2009	14.8 °C	431 mm	32	0
2008	39.3 °C10 January 2008	0.4 °C24 May 2008	14.3 °C	455 mm	26	0
2007	39.4 °C16 January 2007	1.4 °C14 August 2007	15.2 °C	578 mm	32	0
2006	40.6 °C22 January 2006	-0.6 °C21 July 2006	14.1 °C	346 mm	28	1
2005	38.1 °C31 December 2005	0.9 °C25 June 2005	14.7 °C	608 mm	26	0
2004	38.7 °C20 February 2004	0.3 °C16 August 2004	14.0 °C	621 mm	18	0
2003	41.9 °C25 January 2003	-1.1 °C20 August 2003	14.1 °C	571 mm	27	1
2002	34.6 °C18 March 2002	-0.1 °C19 June 2002	14.3 °C	431 mm	27	1
2001	37.9 °C11 January 2001	1.6 °C4 July 2001	14.1 °C	561 mm	27	0
2000	38.0 °C3 February 2000	0.3 °C17 October 2000	14.4 °C	616 mm	30	0
1999	34.8 °C2 December 1999	-0.6 °C12 June 1999	14.4 °C	620 mm	17	1
1998	39.3 °C26 February 1998	-0.2 °C15 July 1998	13.9 °C	597 mm	24	2
1997	39.2 °C19 February 1997	-1.3 °C4 August 1997	14.2 °C	437 mm	28	2
1996	35.8 °C14 January 1996	0.6 °C14 June 1996	13.4 °C	786 mm	7	0
1995	37.9 °C25 February 1995	-0.7 °C22 June 1995	13.4 °C	798 mm	15	1
1994	38.5 °C26 January 1994	-1.0 °C30 June 1994	13.8 °C	457 mm	24	4
1993	37.5 °C15 January 1993	0.4 °C28 June 1993	14.1 °C	769 mm	18	0
1992	36.9 °C20 January 1992	0.6 °C26 August 1992	13.6 °C	779 mm	11	0
1991	39.4 °C3 January 1991	0.6 °C18 August 1991	13.9 °C	735 mm	19	0
1990	37.2 °C31 December 1990	1.9 °C27 August 1990	14.4 °C	676 mm	23	0
1989	36.0 °C18 February 1989	-0.9 °C28 June 1989	14.0 °C	775 mm	26	2
1988	38.1 °C15 January 1988	1.5 °C12 August 1988	14.7 °C	625 mm	23	0
1987	37.9 °C2 February 1987	0.6 °C17 June 1987	13.5 °C	659 mm	21	0
1986	37.2 °C8 February 1986	-1.0 °C30 June 1986	13.4 °C	668 mm	17	1
1985	40.9 °C14 January 1985	-0.4 °C24 July 1985	13.9 °C	752 mm	17	1
1984	34.1 °C27 February 1984	-2.0 °C15 July 1984	13.5 °C	606 mm	9	1
1983	40.4 °C1 February 1983	-0.8 °C24 July 1983	13.9 °C	729 mm	26	1
1982	43.0 °C24 January 1982	-2.6 °C21 July 1982	14.2 °C	426 mm	36	5
1981	40.6 °C26 January 1981	0.9 °C21 May 1981	14.4 °C	650 mm	27	0
1980	38.6 °C10 December 1980	0.8 °C24 July 1980	14.3 °C	590 mm	27	0
1979	39.6 °C2 February 1979	1.3 °C25 July 1979	14.0 °C	580 mm	29	0
1978	37.2 °C11 March 1978	0.4 °C25 August 1978	13.7 °C	804 mm	15	0
1977	38.0 °C17 February 1977	1.0 °C19 July 1977	13.7 °C	552 mm	27	0
1976	37.0 °C4 January 1976	-1.1 °C28 July 1976	13.7 °C	597 mm	20	1
1975	37.5 °C8 February 1975	1.1 °C3 July 1975	14.0 °C	762 mm	17	0
1974	33.8 °C28 January 1974	-1.2 °C6 August 1974	13.9 °C	791 mm	22	1
1973	37.9 °C20 January 1973	-0.5 °C5 July 1973	13.8 °C	872 mm	17	1
1972	36.6 °C20 December 1972	0.5 °C22 June 1972	14.1 °C	428 mm	15	0
1971	33.5 °C25 January 1971	0.4 °C1 July 1971	13.9 °C	747 mm	17	0
1970	39.6 °C9 February 1970	1.1 °C26 September 1970	13.6 °C	722 mm	16	0
1969	36.9 °C8 January 1969	-0.2 °C16 June 1969	13.8 °C	705 mm	18	1
1968	38.3 °C24 February 1968	0.5 °C18 June 1968	14.2 °C	698 mm	25	0
1967	37.9 °C6 February 1967	0.6 °C18 August 1967	13.9 °C	402 mm	20	0
1966	38.1 °C26 January 1966	1.6 °C20 July 1966	13.9 °C	681 mm	22	0
1965	38.8 °C17 January 1965	0.6 °C26 June 1965	14.1 °C	512 mm	26	0
1964	36.6 °C4 February 1964	2.7 °C9 September 1964	13.6 °C	763 mm	15	0
1963	34.2 °C26 January 1963	-0.7 °C7 August 1963	14.2 °C	732 mm	18	2
1962	36.9 °C1 December 1962	0.8 °C9 July 1962	14.3 °C	549 mm	19	0
1961	39.1 °C28 January 1961	1.4 °C21 July 1961	15.0 °C	471 mm	31	0
1960	38.3 °C16 January 1960	0.6 °C2 July 1960	13.9 °C	768 mm	27	0
1959	39.3 °C19 January 1959	0.5 °C10 July 1959	14.3 °C	618 mm	29	0
1958	34.9 °C9 January 1958	0.0 °C11 July 1958	13.6 °C	654 mm	13	0
1957	37.1 °C30 January 1957	-1.1 °C3 July 1957	13.9 °C	519 mm	20	2
1956	36.2 °C22 February 1956	-0.4 °C11 July 1956	13.8 °C	719 mm	13	1
1955	39.0 °C2 January 1955	1.1 °C7 September 1955	13.9 °C	554 mm	22	0
1954	36.7 °C26 January 1954	-1.0 °C13 July 1954	13.7 °C	565 mm	15	2
1953	37.1 °C9 March 1953	0.5 °C12 July 1953	13.7 °C	509 mm	22	0
1952	38.7 °C23 January 1952	0.5 °C21 July 1952	13.4 °C	688 mm	18	0
1951	40.1 °C13 February 1951	1.8 °C17 August 1951	14.4 °C	502 mm	33	0
1950	37.2 °C13 January 1950	0.0 °C13 June 1950	14.2 °C	440 mm	22	0
1949	35.4 °C29 January 1949	0.9 °C8 October 1949	12.9 °C	699 mm	7	0
1948	38.0 °C12 February 1948	-0.7 °C17 June 1948	13.4 °C	513 mm	21	1
1947	37.1 °C26 January 1947	0.8 °C26 June 1947	14.1 °C	574 mm	30	0
1946	38.2 °C7 February 1946	0.2 °C10 July 1946	13.2 °C	617 mm	15	0
1945	37.5 °C8 January 1945	-0.5 °C15 June 1945	13.0 °C	525 mm	11	2
1944	42.5 °C22 January 1944	-1.7 °C16 July 1944	13.4 °C	487 mm	25	4
1943	39.3 °C17 February 1943	-0.9 °C17 July 1943	12.8 °C	381 mm	16	4
1942	37.3 °C4 March 1942	-1.7 °C6 August 1942	13.4 °C	532 mm	14	3
1941	38.1 °C15 January 1941	-1.9 °C8 July 1941	13.5 °C	489 mm	22	1
1940	40.5 °C19 December 1940	-0.6 °C18 August 1940	14.1 °C	232 mm	35	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.1 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

40 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

531 mm

-80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+1.7 °C	35 mm	-8 mm
Feb	27.4 °C	+2.3 °C	19 mm	-21 mm
Mar	25.7 °C	+2.5 °C	35 mm	-2 mm
Apr	22.4 °C	+2.9 °C	27 mm	-19 mm
May	18.0 °C	+2.2 °C	19 mm	-32 mm
Jun	13.3 °C	+0.2 °C	46 mm	0 mm
Jul	13.6 °C	+1.0 °C	52 mm	+2 mm
Aug	14.8 °C	+1.0 °C	41 mm	-16 mm
Sep	17.2 °C	+1.3 °C	32 mm	-30 mm
Oct	19.6 °C	+1.2 °C	70 mm	+5 mm
Nov	19.7 °C	-1.1 °C	120 mm	+60 mm
Dec	23.0 °C	-0.1 °C	35 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.4 °C

27 Jan 2025

Coldest day

1.3 °C

21 May 2025

Wettest day

25.7 mm

26 Oct 2025

Windiest day

48.9 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

98.6 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

5 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.7 °C

20 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

14.6 h

28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kew?

Kew has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 611 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kew?

The hottest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2009, reaching 45.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kew?

The coldest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1982, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Kew?

Almost never: Kew sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kew warmed?

Yes: Kew warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kew?

The wettest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1973, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kew?

The windiest day measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2008, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kew?

The warmest month in Kew is January (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Kew?

Kew receives on average 611 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kew?

Kew gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kew?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kew between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1981, with 0.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kew?

Yes: Kew has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kew?

In Kew, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 25 January 2019, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 21 July 1982.

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