Freshwater climate — normals and trends
Freshwater (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 792 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Freshwater averages 8 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Freshwater has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 14 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.5 °C (on 28 June 1976) and the coldest -7.3 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
FreshwaterEngland
- coords
- 50.68°, -1.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
9.1°C
Annual rainfall
792mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
26.4km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
5.6 °C
Average peak gust
40.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
30.5 °C
28 June 1976
Coldest day
-7.3 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
61 mm
18 June 2021
Windiest day
82.6 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
134.6 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
32.4 °C
27 June 1976
Coldest feels-like
-14.9 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
14.2 cm
19 February 1978
Sunniest day
16.0 h
5 June 1940
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 | 7.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 134 mm | +55 mm |
| Feb | 8.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 58 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 39 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 41 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 57 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 33 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 89 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 79 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 111 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 10.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 113 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Freshwater?
Freshwater has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 792 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Freshwater?
The hottest day measured in Freshwater between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1976, reaching 30.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Freshwater?
The coldest day measured in Freshwater between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -7.3 °C.
Does it snow in Freshwater?
Yes. Freshwater gets on average 6.2 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Freshwater warmed?
Yes: Freshwater warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Freshwater?
The wettest day measured in Freshwater between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2021, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Freshwater?
The windiest day measured in Freshwater between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 82.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Freshwater?
The warmest month in Freshwater is August (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Freshwater?
Freshwater receives on average 792 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Freshwater?
Freshwater gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Freshwater?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Freshwater between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1978, with 14.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Freshwater?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Freshwater.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Freshwater?
In Freshwater, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.4 °C on 27 June 1976, and the lowest was -14.9 °C on 12 January 1987.
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