Battle climate — normals and trends
Battle (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 647 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Battle averages 32 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Battle 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 47 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -14.6 °C (on 12 January 1987).
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
BattleEngland
- coords
- 50.92°, 0.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
647mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
23.2km/h
Seasonal range
12.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
43.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
36.9 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.6 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
41 mm
25 August 1987
Windiest day
81.4 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
30 October 2000
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-19.5 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
14.9 cm
9 January 1968
Sunniest day
16.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 102 mm | +46 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 46 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 25 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 28 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 40 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 85 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 22.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 32 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 64 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 70 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 70 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Battle?
Battle has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 647 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Battle?
The hottest day measured in Battle between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Battle?
The coldest day measured in Battle between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -14.6 °C.
Does it snow in Battle?
Yes. Battle gets on average 10.2 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Battle warmed?
Yes: Battle warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Battle?
The wettest day measured in Battle between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1987, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Battle?
The windiest day measured in Battle between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 81.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Battle?
The warmest month in Battle is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Battle?
Battle receives on average 647 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Battle?
Battle gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Battle?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Battle between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1968, with 14.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Battle?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Battle.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Battle?
In Battle, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -19.5 °C on 12 January 1987.
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