Burry Port climate — normals and trends
Burry Port (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 1,196 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 (15.6 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Burry Port averages 15 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.
Burry Port has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 24 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.6 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -13.1 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
Burry PortWales
- coords
- 51.68°, -4.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,196mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
25.5km/h
Seasonal range
10.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
173 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
43.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
28.6 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-13.1 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
68 mm
20 October 1944
Windiest day
84.3 km/h
30 November 1954
Strongest gust
140.0 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
30.4 °C
12 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-19.0 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
8 January 1982
Sunniest day
16.0 h
18 June 2025
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 | 7.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 147 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 7.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 106 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -62 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 94 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 48 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 19.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 52 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 78 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 215 mm | +110 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 154 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 249 mm | +122 mm |
| Dec | 9.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 245 mm | +112 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Burry Port?
Burry Port has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Burry Port?
The hottest day measured in Burry Port between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 28.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Burry Port?
The coldest day measured in Burry Port between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -13.1 °C.
Does it snow in Burry Port?
Yes. Burry Port gets on average 9.2 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Burry Port warmed?
Yes: Burry Port warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Burry Port?
The wettest day measured in Burry Port between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1944, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Burry Port?
The windiest day measured in Burry Port between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1954, with winds reaching 84.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Burry Port?
The warmest month in Burry Port is August (15.6 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Burry Port?
Burry Port receives on average 1,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Burry Port?
Burry Port gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Burry Port?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Burry Port between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1982, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Burry Port?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Burry Port.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Burry Port?
In Burry Port, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.4 °C on 12 July 1983, and the lowest was -19.0 °C on 21 January 1940.
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