Atherstone climate — normals and trends
Atherstone (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 664 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 July (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Atherstone averages 42 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Atherstone has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -17.4 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
AtherstoneEngland
- coords
- 52.58°, -1.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
664mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
41.5 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
37.1 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.4 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
43 mm
20 October 2023
Windiest day
57.6 km/h
2 January 1976
Strongest gust
127.1 km/h
9 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-22.1 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 80 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 45 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 15 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 26 mm | -36 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 35 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 52 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 20 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 74 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 58 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 125 mm | +67 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 96 mm | +41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Atherstone?
Atherstone has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Atherstone?
The hottest day measured in Atherstone between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Atherstone?
The coldest day measured in Atherstone between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -17.4 °C.
Does it snow in Atherstone?
Yes. Atherstone gets on average 18.9 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Atherstone warmed?
Yes: Atherstone warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Atherstone?
The wettest day measured in Atherstone between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2023, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Atherstone?
The windiest day measured in Atherstone between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1976, with winds reaching 57.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Atherstone?
The warmest month in Atherstone is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Atherstone?
Atherstone receives on average 664 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Atherstone?
Atherstone gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Atherstone?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Atherstone between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Atherstone?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Atherstone.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Atherstone?
In Atherstone, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -22.1 °C on 23 January 1963.
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