Carcroft climate — normals and trends
Carcroft (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 704 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Carcroft averages 42 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Carcroft has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -14.7 °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
CarcroftEngland
- coords
- 53.58°, -1.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
704mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
12.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
27.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
41.5 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
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
38.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.7 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
65 mm
20 October 2023
Windiest day
63.9 km/h
2 January 1976
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
35.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-20.2 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.0 h
19 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 | 5.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 104 mm | +49 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 24 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 10 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -43 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 47 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 63 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 22.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -48 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 95 mm | +40 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 62 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 128 mm | +68 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 103 mm | +46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carcroft?
Carcroft has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 704 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carcroft?
The hottest day measured in Carcroft between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 38.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carcroft?
The coldest day measured in Carcroft between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -14.7 °C.
Does it snow in Carcroft?
Yes. Carcroft gets on average 27.7 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Carcroft warmed?
Yes: Carcroft warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carcroft?
The wettest day measured in Carcroft between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2023, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carcroft?
The windiest day measured in Carcroft between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1976, with winds reaching 63.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carcroft?
The warmest month in Carcroft is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Carcroft?
Carcroft receives on average 704 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carcroft?
Carcroft gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carcroft?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carcroft between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carcroft?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Carcroft.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carcroft?
In Carcroft, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -20.2 °C on 23 January 1963.
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