Dronfield climate — normals and trends
Dronfield (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 797 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Dronfield averages 48 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Dronfield 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 68 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -13.1 °C (on 24 February 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
DronfieldEngland
- coords
- 53.30°, -1.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
797mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
43.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 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
36.1 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-13.1 °C
24 February 1947
Wettest day
68 mm
20 October 2023
Windiest day
64.1 km/h
2 January 1976
Strongest gust
131.4 km/h
23 February 1967
Hottest feels-like
35.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-18.5 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.0 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 117 mm | +51 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 43 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 24 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 16 mm | -47 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 31 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 20.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 58 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 64 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 30 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 69 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 136 mm | +69 mm |
| Dec | 8.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 117 mm | +49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dronfield?
Dronfield has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 797 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dronfield?
The hottest day measured in Dronfield between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dronfield?
The coldest day measured in Dronfield between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, at -13.1 °C.
Does it snow in Dronfield?
Yes. Dronfield gets on average 38.5 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of Dronfield warmed?
Yes: Dronfield warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dronfield?
The wettest day measured in Dronfield between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2023, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dronfield?
The windiest day measured in Dronfield between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1976, with winds reaching 64.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dronfield?
The warmest month in Dronfield is July (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Dronfield?
Dronfield receives on average 797 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dronfield?
Dronfield gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dronfield?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dronfield between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dronfield?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dronfield.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dronfield?
In Dronfield, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -18.5 °C on 24 February 1947.
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