Dover climate — normals and trends
Dover (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 623 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Dover averages 14 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Dover 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 24 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -11.5 °C (on 12 January 1987).
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
DoverEngland
- coords
- 51.13°, 1.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
623mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
25.4km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
44.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 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
33.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-11.5 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
55 mm
21 October 1955
Windiest day
80.3 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
146.9 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-16.8 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
14.3 cm
30 December 1962
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 78 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 47 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 13 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 31 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 49 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 82 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 26 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 50 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 66 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 9.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dover?
Dover has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 623 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dover?
The hottest day measured in Dover between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dover?
The coldest day measured in Dover between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -11.5 °C.
Does it snow in Dover?
Yes. Dover gets on average 10.1 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Dover warmed?
Yes: Dover warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dover?
The wettest day measured in Dover between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1955, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dover?
The windiest day measured in Dover between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 80.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dover?
The warmest month in Dover is August (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Dover?
Dover receives on average 623 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dover?
Dover gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dover?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dover between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1962, with 14.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dover?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dover.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dover?
In Dover, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -16.8 °C on 12 January 1987.
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