Arbroath climate — normals and trends
Arbroath (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 837 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 August (13.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Arbroath averages 6 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Arbroath has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 11 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 20.5 °C (on 17 July 2006) and the coldest -5.5 °C (on 1 March 1947).
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
ArbroathScotland
- coords
- 56.56°, -2.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
837mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
29.2km/h
Seasonal range
9.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001
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
20.5 °C
17 July 2006
Coldest day
-5.5 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
57 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
75.1 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
128.9 km/h
26 November 2021
Hottest feels-like
21.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-12.4 °C
14 February 1979
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
8 February 1958
Sunniest day
17.0 h
22 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 48 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 61 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 24 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 9.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 12.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 15.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 50 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 16.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 81 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 16.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 53 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 58 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 119 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 128 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 124 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arbroath?
Arbroath has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 837 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arbroath?
The hottest day measured in Arbroath between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2006, reaching 20.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arbroath?
The coldest day measured in Arbroath between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -5.5 °C.
Does it snow in Arbroath?
Yes. Arbroath gets on average 16.7 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Arbroath warmed?
Yes: Arbroath warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arbroath?
The wettest day measured in Arbroath between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arbroath?
The windiest day measured in Arbroath between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 75.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arbroath?
The warmest month in Arbroath is August (13.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Arbroath?
Arbroath receives on average 837 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arbroath?
Arbroath gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arbroath?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arbroath between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arbroath?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Arbroath.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arbroath?
In Arbroath, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 21.7 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -12.4 °C on 14 February 1979.
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