Bacup climate — normals and trends
Bacup (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,117 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 (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bacup averages 59 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.
Bacup has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 80 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -17.6 °C (on 13 January 1979).
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
BacupEngland
- coords
- 53.70°, -2.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,117mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
85%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
11.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
59 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
178 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
43.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
32.9 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.6 °C
13 January 1979
Wettest day
58 mm
9 February 2020
Windiest day
64.3 km/h
26 February 1990
Strongest gust
145.8 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-22.6 °C
23 February 1947
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
24 April 1981
Sunniest day
16.3 h
24 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 113 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 53 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 42 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 20 mm | -57 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 53 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 108 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 19.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 84 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -49 mm |
| Sep | 15.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 179 mm | +86 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 118 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 147 mm | +48 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 156 mm | +47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bacup?
Bacup has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,117 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bacup?
The hottest day measured in Bacup between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bacup?
The coldest day measured in Bacup between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1979, at -17.6 °C.
Does it snow in Bacup?
Yes. Bacup gets on average 41.1 cm of snow per year and has around 59 frost days.
Has the climate of Bacup warmed?
Yes: Bacup warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bacup?
The wettest day measured in Bacup between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2020, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bacup?
The windiest day measured in Bacup between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1990, with winds reaching 64.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bacup?
The warmest month in Bacup is July (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bacup?
Bacup receives on average 1,117 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bacup?
Bacup gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bacup?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bacup between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1981, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bacup?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bacup.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bacup?
In Bacup, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -22.6 °C on 23 February 1947.
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