Blairgowrie and Rattray climate — normals and trends
Blairgowrie and Rattray (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 870 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 (14.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Blairgowrie and Rattray averages 64 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Blairgowrie and Rattray has warmed by +1.9 °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 88 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -18.7 °C (on 10 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
Blairgowrie and RattrayScotland
- coords
- 56.59°, -3.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
870mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
11.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
64 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
29.6 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-18.7 °C
10 January 1982
Wettest day
61 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
23 May 2011
Hottest feels-like
30.4 °C
28 June 2018
Coldest feels-like
-23.8 °C
10 January 1982
Snowiest day
22.0 cm
18 January 1972
Sunniest day
17.1 h
21 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 47 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 67 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 28 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 28 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 44 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 20.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 90 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 64 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 15.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 88 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 111 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 103 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 100 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Blairgowrie and Rattray?
Blairgowrie and Rattray has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 870 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
The hottest day measured in Blairgowrie and Rattray between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
The coldest day measured in Blairgowrie and Rattray between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1982, at -18.7 °C.
Does it snow in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
Yes. Blairgowrie and Rattray gets on average 52.1 cm of snow per year and has around 64 frost days.
Has the climate of Blairgowrie and Rattray warmed?
Yes: Blairgowrie and Rattray warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
The wettest day measured in Blairgowrie and Rattray between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
The windiest day measured in Blairgowrie and Rattray between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
The warmest month in Blairgowrie and Rattray is July (14.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
Blairgowrie and Rattray receives on average 870 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
Blairgowrie and Rattray gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Blairgowrie and Rattray between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1972, with 22.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Blairgowrie and Rattray.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Blairgowrie and Rattray?
In Blairgowrie and Rattray, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.4 °C on 28 June 2018, and the lowest was -23.8 °C on 10 January 1982.
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