Berwick-Upon-Tweed climate — normals and trends
Berwick-Upon-Tweed (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 831 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 (14.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Berwick-Upon-Tweed averages 7 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Berwick-Upon-Tweed has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 14 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.8 °C (on 2 July 1941) and the coldest -7.0 °C (on 11 January 1982).
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
Berwick-Upon-TweedEngland
- coords
- 55.77°, -2.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
10.4°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
831mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
28.2km/h
Seasonal range
9.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
23.8 °C
2 July 1941
Coldest day
-7.0 °C
11 January 1982
Wettest day
60 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
81.8 km/h
26 November 2021
Strongest gust
139.0 km/h
27 November 2021
Hottest feels-like
24.5 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-12.9 °C
14 February 1979
Snowiest day
21.5 cm
19 February 1941
Sunniest day
16.7 h
15 June 2023
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 | 5.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 61 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 31 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 27 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 10.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 18 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 12.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 48 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 15.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 64 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 74 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 17.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 36 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 65 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 96 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 182 mm | +93 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 85 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
Berwick-Upon-Tweed has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 831 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
The hottest day measured in Berwick-Upon-Tweed between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1941, reaching 23.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
The coldest day measured in Berwick-Upon-Tweed between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1982, at -7.0 °C.
Does it snow in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
Yes. Berwick-Upon-Tweed gets on average 25.9 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Berwick-Upon-Tweed warmed?
Yes: Berwick-Upon-Tweed warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
The wettest day measured in Berwick-Upon-Tweed between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
The windiest day measured in Berwick-Upon-Tweed between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2021, with winds reaching 81.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
The warmest month in Berwick-Upon-Tweed is August (14.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
Berwick-Upon-Tweed receives on average 831 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
Berwick-Upon-Tweed gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Berwick-Upon-Tweed between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1941, with 21.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Berwick-Upon-Tweed.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
In Berwick-Upon-Tweed, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 24.5 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -12.9 °C on 14 February 1979.
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