Filey climate — normals and trends
Filey (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 657 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Filey averages 7 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Filey has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 14 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.9 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -6.0 °C (on 4 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
FileyEngland
- coords
- 54.21°, -0.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
657mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
29.7km/h
Seasonal range
10.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.7 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
44.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °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
27.9 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-6.0 °C
4 March 1947
Wettest day
62 mm
12 August 1948
Windiest day
82.3 km/h
31 January 1953
Strongest gust
123.8 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
26.2 °C
17 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-14.0 °C
14 February 1979
Snowiest day
15.2 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 | 5.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 88 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 31 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 21 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 14 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 13.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 21 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 17.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 56 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 18.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 61 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 18.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 18 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 16.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 67 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 59 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 162 mm | +93 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 99 mm | +36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Filey?
Filey has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 657 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Filey?
The hottest day measured in Filey between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 27.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Filey?
The coldest day measured in Filey between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1947, at -6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Filey?
Yes. Filey gets on average 17.7 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Filey warmed?
Yes: Filey warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Filey?
The wettest day measured in Filey between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1948, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Filey?
The windiest day measured in Filey between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1953, with winds reaching 82.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Filey?
The warmest month in Filey is August (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Filey?
Filey receives on average 657 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Filey?
Filey gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Filey?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Filey between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Filey?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Filey.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Filey?
In Filey, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.2 °C on 17 July 2021, and the lowest was -14.0 °C on 14 February 1979.
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