Blackpool climate — normals and trends
Blackpool (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 1,208 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 (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Blackpool averages 8 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.
Blackpool has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 15 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.4 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -7.0 °C (on 13 December 1981).
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
BlackpoolEngland
- coords
- 53.82°, -3.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,208mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
30.2km/h
Seasonal range
10.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
186 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
44.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
27.4 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-7.0 °C
13 December 1981
Wettest day
56 mm
1 October 1981
Windiest day
91.7 km/h
24 December 1997
Strongest gust
147.2 km/h
24 December 1997
Hottest feels-like
28.7 °C
9 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-14.3 °C
13 December 1981
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
24 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.4 h
28 June 2011
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 | -0.4 °C | 130 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 42 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 55 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 130 mm | +52 mm |
| Jul | 18.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 83 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 57 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 16.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 212 mm | +91 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 138 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 211 mm | +81 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 172 mm | +42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Blackpool?
Blackpool has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Blackpool?
The hottest day measured in Blackpool between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 27.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Blackpool?
The coldest day measured in Blackpool between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1981, at -7.0 °C.
Does it snow in Blackpool?
Yes. Blackpool gets on average 12.4 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Blackpool warmed?
Yes: Blackpool warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Blackpool?
The wettest day measured in Blackpool between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1981, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Blackpool?
The windiest day measured in Blackpool between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1997, with winds reaching 91.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Blackpool?
The warmest month in Blackpool is August (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Blackpool?
Blackpool receives on average 1,208 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Blackpool?
Blackpool gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Blackpool?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Blackpool between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1958, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Blackpool?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Blackpool.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Blackpool?
In Blackpool, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.7 °C on 9 August 2003, and the lowest was -14.3 °C on 13 December 1981.
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