Borrowash climate — normals and trends
Borrowash (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 686 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Borrowash averages 44 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Borrowash has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °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 37.0 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -15.0 °C (on 25 February 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
BorrowashEngland
- coords
- 52.91°, -1.38°
- 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
686mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
22.2km/h
Seasonal range
12.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 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
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.0 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-15.0 °C
25 February 1947
Wettest day
61 mm
16 June 1978
Windiest day
63.5 km/h
2 January 1976
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
9 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-19.9 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.1 h
2 July 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 | -0.3 °C | 101 mm | +44 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 37 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 14 mm | -41 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 28 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 39 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 55 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 20 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 89 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 62 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 128 mm | +68 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 108 mm | +50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Borrowash?
Borrowash has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Borrowash?
The hottest day measured in Borrowash between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Borrowash?
The coldest day measured in Borrowash between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1947, at -15.0 °C.
Does it snow in Borrowash?
Yes. Borrowash gets on average 25.1 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Borrowash warmed?
Yes: Borrowash warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Borrowash?
The wettest day measured in Borrowash between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1978, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Borrowash?
The windiest day measured in Borrowash between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1976, with winds reaching 63.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Borrowash?
The warmest month in Borrowash is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Borrowash?
Borrowash receives on average 686 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Borrowash?
Borrowash gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Borrowash?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Borrowash between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Borrowash?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Borrowash.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Borrowash?
In Borrowash, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -19.9 °C on 24 February 1947.
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