Ballingry climate — normals and trends
Ballingry (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 780 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 (15.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Ballingry averages 45 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Ballingry 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 64 to 26 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -17.4 °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
BallingryScotland
- coords
- 56.16°, -3.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
780mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
11.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
30.1 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.4 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
61 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
62.6 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
28 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
31.3 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-22.7 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
18 January 1945
Sunniest day
16.9 h
20 June 2025
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 | +0.4 °C | 47 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 28 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 29 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 40 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 81 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 79 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 91 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 121 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 92 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ballingry?
Ballingry has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 780 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ballingry?
The hottest day measured in Ballingry between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ballingry?
The coldest day measured in Ballingry between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -17.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ballingry?
Yes. Ballingry gets on average 29.1 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Ballingry warmed?
Yes: Ballingry warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ballingry?
The wettest day measured in Ballingry between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ballingry?
The windiest day measured in Ballingry between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 62.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ballingry?
The warmest month in Ballingry is July (15.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ballingry?
Ballingry receives on average 780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ballingry?
Ballingry gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ballingry?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ballingry between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1945, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ballingry?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ballingry.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ballingry?
In Ballingry, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.3 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -22.7 °C on 1 March 1947.
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