Forres climate — normals and trends
Forres (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 903 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 (13.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Forres averages 53 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.
Forres 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 75 to 31 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.9 °C (on 24 August 1955) and the coldest -18.8 °C (on 29 December 1995).
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
ForresScotland
- coords
- 57.61°, -3.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
903mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
11.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
53 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
180 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.8 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
44.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
24 August 1955
Coldest day
-18.8 °C
29 December 1995
Wettest day
71 mm
30 July 1956
Windiest day
61.1 km/h
17 January 1993
Strongest gust
133.9 km/h
13 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
30.6 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
29 December 1995
Snowiest day
28.7 cm
29 January 1978
Sunniest day
17.2 h
24 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 84 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 29 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 65 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 32 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 45 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 17.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 62 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 79 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 60 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 71 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 121 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 97 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Forres?
Forres has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 903 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Forres?
The hottest day measured in Forres between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1955, reaching 27.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Forres?
The coldest day measured in Forres between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1995, at -18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Forres?
Yes. Forres gets on average 72.8 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.
Has the climate of Forres warmed?
Yes: Forres warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Forres?
The wettest day measured in Forres between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1956, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Forres?
The windiest day measured in Forres between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1993, with winds reaching 61.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Forres?
The warmest month in Forres is July (13.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Forres?
Forres receives on average 903 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Forres?
Forres gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Forres?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Forres between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1978, with 28.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Forres?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Forres.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Forres?
In Forres, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.6 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 29 December 1995.
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