Beccles climate — normals and trends
Beccles (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 635 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 August (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Beccles averages 17 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Beccles 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 28 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.2 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -11.1 °C (on 24 February 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
BecclesEngland
- coords
- 52.46°, 1.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
635mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
25.7km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
17 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
42.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
30.2 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-11.1 °C
24 February 1947
Wettest day
74 mm
29 July 1969
Windiest day
76.9 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
30.9 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-16.4 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
8.0 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 June 1940
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 | 6.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 48 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 5 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 12.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 41 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 20.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 43 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 21.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 92 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 35 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 79 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 108 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 9.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Beccles?
Beccles has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 635 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beccles?
The hottest day measured in Beccles between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 30.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Beccles?
The coldest day measured in Beccles between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, at -11.1 °C.
Does it snow in Beccles?
Yes. Beccles gets on average 11.4 cm of snow per year and has around 17 frost days.
Has the climate of Beccles warmed?
Yes: Beccles warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Beccles?
The wettest day measured in Beccles between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1969, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Beccles?
The windiest day measured in Beccles between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 76.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Beccles?
The warmest month in Beccles is August (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Beccles?
Beccles receives on average 635 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Beccles?
Beccles gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Beccles?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Beccles between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 8.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Beccles?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Beccles.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beccles?
In Beccles, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.9 °C on 10 August 2003, and the lowest was -16.4 °C on 24 February 1947.
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