Biddulph climate — normals and trends
Biddulph (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 742 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 (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Biddulph averages 44 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Biddulph has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 63 to 25 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -16.5 °C (on 25 January 1963).
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
BiddulphEngland
- coords
- 53.12°, -2.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
742mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
41.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °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
35.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-16.5 °C
25 January 1963
Wettest day
58 mm
16 June 1978
Windiest day
62.1 km/h
30 November 1954
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-21.1 °C
25 January 1963
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.1 h
26 June 2018
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 | -0.2 °C | 99 mm | +36 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 31 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 26 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 34 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 51 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 104 mm | +43 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 57 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 116 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 116 mm | +50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Biddulph?
Biddulph has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 742 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Biddulph?
The hottest day measured in Biddulph between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Biddulph?
The coldest day measured in Biddulph between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1963, at -16.5 °C.
Does it snow in Biddulph?
Yes. Biddulph gets on average 20.7 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Biddulph warmed?
Yes: Biddulph warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Biddulph?
The wettest day measured in Biddulph between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1978, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Biddulph?
The windiest day measured in Biddulph between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1954, with winds reaching 62.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Biddulph?
The warmest month in Biddulph is July (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Biddulph?
Biddulph receives on average 742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Biddulph?
Biddulph gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Biddulph?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Biddulph between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Biddulph?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Biddulph.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Biddulph?
In Biddulph, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -21.1 °C on 25 January 1963.
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