Cupar climate — normals and trends
Cupar (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 726 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 (15.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Cupar averages 29 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Cupar has warmed by +1.6 °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 44 to 14 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -14.0 °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
CuparScotland
- coords
- 56.32°, -3.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
726mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
22.8km/h
Seasonal range
11.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
43.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
29.6 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.0 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
55 mm
7 October 2023
Windiest day
68.8 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
137.5 km/h
28 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
31.1 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
18 January 1945
Sunniest day
17.0 h
15 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 | 6.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 46 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 8.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 45 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 23 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 40 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 20.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 72 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 45 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 67 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 89 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 123 mm | +56 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 88 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cupar?
Cupar has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 726 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cupar?
The hottest day measured in Cupar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cupar?
The coldest day measured in Cupar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -14.0 °C.
Does it snow in Cupar?
Yes. Cupar gets on average 20.3 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Cupar warmed?
Yes: Cupar warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cupar?
The wettest day measured in Cupar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2023, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cupar?
The windiest day measured in Cupar between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 68.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cupar?
The warmest month in Cupar is July (15.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Cupar?
Cupar receives on average 726 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cupar?
Cupar 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 Cupar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cupar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1945, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cupar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cupar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cupar?
In Cupar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.1 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 1 March 1947.
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