Bishopbriggs climate — normals and trends
Bishopbriggs (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,176 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 (14.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bishopbriggs averages 58 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.
Bishopbriggs has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 78 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 4 August 1975) and the coldest -21.5 °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
BishopbriggsScotland
- coords
- 55.91°, -4.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,176mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
11.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
58 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
181 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
43.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.6 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
29.0 °C
4 August 1975
Coldest day
-21.5 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
61 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
60.5 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
148.3 km/h
28 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
30.5 °C
28 June 2018
Coldest feels-like
-26.2 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
25 January 1990
Sunniest day
17.0 h
19 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 | 5.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 64 mm | -52 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 100 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 48 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 43 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 64 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 16.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 101 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 19.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 79 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 92 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 15.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 111 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 143 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 8.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 169 mm | +60 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 163 mm | +42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bishopbriggs?
Bishopbriggs has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,176 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bishopbriggs?
The hottest day measured in Bishopbriggs between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1975, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bishopbriggs?
The coldest day measured in Bishopbriggs between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -21.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bishopbriggs?
Yes. Bishopbriggs gets on average 52.1 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.
Has the climate of Bishopbriggs warmed?
Yes: Bishopbriggs warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bishopbriggs?
The wettest day measured in Bishopbriggs between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bishopbriggs?
The windiest day measured in Bishopbriggs between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 60.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bishopbriggs?
The warmest month in Bishopbriggs is July (14.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bishopbriggs?
Bishopbriggs receives on average 1,176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bishopbriggs?
Bishopbriggs gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bishopbriggs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bishopbriggs between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bishopbriggs?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bishopbriggs.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bishopbriggs?
In Bishopbriggs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.5 °C on 28 June 2018, and the lowest was -26.2 °C on 1 March 1947.
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