Bathgate climate — normals and trends
Bathgate (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 896 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 (3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Bathgate averages 51 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.
Bathgate 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 72 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.7 °C (on 4 August 1975) and the coldest -20.5 °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
BathgateScotland
- coords
- 55.90°, -3.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
896mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
11.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
51 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
164 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
42.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
29.7 °C
4 August 1975
Coldest day
-20.5 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
62 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
62.3 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
141.1 km/h
28 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
30.9 °C
2 July 1976
Coldest feels-like
-25.6 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
4 January 1982
Sunniest day
16.9 h
20 June 2025
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 | 5.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 55 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 60 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 38 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 52 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 17.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 70 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 81 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 55 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 16.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 83 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 91 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 133 mm | +55 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 106 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bathgate?
Bathgate has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 896 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bathgate?
The hottest day measured in Bathgate between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1975, reaching 29.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bathgate?
The coldest day measured in Bathgate between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -20.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bathgate?
Yes. Bathgate gets on average 36.6 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.
Has the climate of Bathgate warmed?
Yes: Bathgate warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bathgate?
The wettest day measured in Bathgate between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bathgate?
The windiest day measured in Bathgate between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 62.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bathgate?
The warmest month in Bathgate is July (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bathgate?
Bathgate receives on average 896 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bathgate?
Bathgate gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bathgate?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bathgate between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1982, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bathgate?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bathgate.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bathgate?
In Bathgate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.9 °C on 2 July 1976, and the lowest was -25.6 °C on 1 March 1947.
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