Elgin climate — normals and trends
Elgin (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 859 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 (13.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Elgin averages 4 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Elgin has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 9 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.2 °C (on 9 August 2003) and the coldest -5.0 °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
ElginScotland
- coords
- 57.65°, -3.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
859mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
31.6km/h
Seasonal range
9.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
43.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
22.2 °C
9 August 2003
Coldest day
-5.0 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
73 mm
30 July 1956
Windiest day
83.9 km/h
22 September 1969
Strongest gust
139.0 km/h
13 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
22.5 °C
23 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-12.3 °C
31 January 1953
Snowiest day
10.4 cm
19 January 1960
Sunniest day
17.4 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 | +0.2 °C | 86 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 24 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 54 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 10.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 11.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 15.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 48 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 16.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 68 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 16.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 62 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 143 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 122 mm | +31 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 58 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elgin?
Elgin has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 859 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elgin?
The hottest day measured in Elgin between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2003, reaching 22.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elgin?
The coldest day measured in Elgin between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -5.0 °C.
Does it snow in Elgin?
Yes. Elgin gets on average 19.8 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Elgin warmed?
Yes: Elgin warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elgin?
The wettest day measured in Elgin between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1956, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elgin?
The windiest day measured in Elgin between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1969, with winds reaching 83.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elgin?
The warmest month in Elgin is August (13.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Elgin?
Elgin receives on average 859 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elgin?
Elgin gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elgin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elgin between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1960, with 10.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elgin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Elgin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elgin?
In Elgin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.5 °C on 23 July 2019, and the lowest was -12.3 °C on 31 January 1953.
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