Buckie climate — normals and trends
Buckie (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 899 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 (13.6 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Buckie averages 3 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 177 rainy days per year.
Buckie has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.0 °C (on 21 August 1995) and the coldest -3.6 °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
BuckieScotland
- coords
- 57.68°, -2.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
10.0°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
899mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
33.9km/h
Seasonal range
8.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
177 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
46.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
22.0 °C
21 August 1995
Coldest day
-3.6 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
72 mm
30 July 1956
Windiest day
92.4 km/h
31 January 1953
Strongest gust
154.1 km/h
13 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
23.4 °C
23 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-13.5 °C
31 January 1953
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
14 December 1952
Sunniest day
17.3 h
16 June 2023
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 | 6.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 103 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 25 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 8.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 10.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 16 mm | -39 mm |
| May | 11.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 14.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 16.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 68 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 16.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 59 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 148 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 140 mm | +38 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Buckie?
Buckie has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buckie?
The hottest day measured in Buckie between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1995, reaching 22.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Buckie?
The coldest day measured in Buckie between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -3.6 °C.
Does it snow in Buckie?
Yes. Buckie gets on average 25.4 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Buckie warmed?
Yes: Buckie warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Buckie?
The wettest day measured in Buckie between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1956, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Buckie?
The windiest day measured in Buckie between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1953, with winds reaching 92.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Buckie?
The warmest month in Buckie is August (13.6 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Buckie?
Buckie receives on average 899 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Buckie?
Buckie 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 Buckie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Buckie between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1952, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Buckie?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Buckie.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buckie?
In Buckie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 23.4 °C on 23 July 2019, and the lowest was -13.5 °C on 31 January 1953.
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