Girvan climate — normals and trends
Girvan (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 1,318 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 (13.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Girvan averages 20 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 202 rainy days per year.
Girvan 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 32 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.0 °C (on 29 July 1948) and the coldest -11.9 °C (on 28 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
GirvanScotland
- coords
- 55.24°, -4.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,318mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
25.6km/h
Seasonal range
9.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
20 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
202 d/yr
Annual snowfall
30.7 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
48.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 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
27.0 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest day
-11.9 °C
28 December 1995
Wettest day
52 mm
2 July 1968
Windiest day
74.8 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
161.3 km/h
27 December 1998
Hottest feels-like
31.3 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-16.7 °C
28 December 1995
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
20 January 1973
Sunniest day
16.9 h
20 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 | 6.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 66 mm | -63 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 84 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 51 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 51 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 78 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 15.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 137 mm | +54 mm |
| Jul | 17.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 109 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 17.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 89 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 154 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 182 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 188 mm | +50 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 170 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Girvan?
Girvan has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 1,318 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Girvan?
The hottest day measured in Girvan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1948, reaching 27.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Girvan?
The coldest day measured in Girvan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1995, at -11.9 °C.
Does it snow in Girvan?
Yes. Girvan gets on average 30.7 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.
Has the climate of Girvan warmed?
Yes: Girvan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Girvan?
The wettest day measured in Girvan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1968, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Girvan?
The windiest day measured in Girvan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 74.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Girvan?
The warmest month in Girvan is August (13.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Girvan?
Girvan receives on average 1,318 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 202 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Girvan?
Girvan 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 Girvan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Girvan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1973, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Girvan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Girvan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Girvan?
In Girvan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.3 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -16.7 °C on 28 December 1995.
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