Bury St Edmunds climate — normals and trends
Bury St Edmunds (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 629 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Bury St Edmunds averages 40 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Bury St Edmunds has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 59 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -16.2 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
Bury St EdmundsEngland
- coords
- 52.25°, 0.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
629mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
13.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
41.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
35.9 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-16.2 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
54 mm
3 September 1965
Windiest day
68.2 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-20.5 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
4 March 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
3 June 1940
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 | 6.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 53 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 49 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 13 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 18 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 26 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 22.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 38 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 76 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 36 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 64 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 95 mm | +42 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bury St Edmunds?
Bury St Edmunds has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 629 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bury St Edmunds?
The hottest day measured in Bury St Edmunds between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bury St Edmunds?
The coldest day measured in Bury St Edmunds between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -16.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bury St Edmunds?
Yes. Bury St Edmunds gets on average 13.6 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Bury St Edmunds warmed?
Yes: Bury St Edmunds warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bury St Edmunds?
The wettest day measured in Bury St Edmunds between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1965, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bury St Edmunds?
The windiest day measured in Bury St Edmunds between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 68.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bury St Edmunds?
The warmest month in Bury St Edmunds is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bury St Edmunds?
Bury St Edmunds receives on average 629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bury St Edmunds?
Bury St Edmunds gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bury St Edmunds?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bury St Edmunds between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1970, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bury St Edmunds?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bury St Edmunds.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bury St Edmunds?
In Bury St Edmunds, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -20.5 °C on 23 January 1963.
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