Banchory climate — normals and trends
Banchory (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 785 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 (14.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Banchory averages 50 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Banchory 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 71 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.3 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -14.8 °C (on 17 February 1969).
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
BanchoryScotland
- coords
- 57.05°, -2.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
785mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
11.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
50 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.8 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
45.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
29.3 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.8 °C
17 February 1969
Wettest day
55 mm
19 October 2023
Windiest day
60.7 km/h
31 January 1953
Strongest gust
142.2 km/h
28 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
29.9 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-19.4 °C
27 December 1995
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
19 January 1960
Sunniest day
17.2 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 44 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 49 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 25 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 38 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 17.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 95 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 43 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 15.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 61 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 95 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 8.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 75 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 76 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Banchory?
Banchory has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 785 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Banchory?
The hottest day measured in Banchory between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 29.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Banchory?
The coldest day measured in Banchory between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1969, at -14.8 °C.
Does it snow in Banchory?
Yes. Banchory gets on average 53.8 cm of snow per year and has around 50 frost days.
Has the climate of Banchory warmed?
Yes: Banchory warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Banchory?
The wettest day measured in Banchory between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 2023, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Banchory?
The windiest day measured in Banchory between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1953, with winds reaching 60.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Banchory?
The warmest month in Banchory is July (14.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Banchory?
Banchory receives on average 785 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Banchory?
Banchory gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Banchory?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Banchory between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1960, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Banchory?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Banchory.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Banchory?
In Banchory, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.9 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -19.4 °C on 27 December 1995.
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