Halstead climate — normals and trends
Halstead (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 591 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Halstead averages 32 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Halstead 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 48 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -12.4 °C (on 24 February 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
HalsteadEngland
- coords
- 51.95°, 0.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
591mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
22.8km/h
Seasonal range
12.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
34.3 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-12.4 °C
24 February 1947
Wettest day
56 mm
3 September 1965
Windiest day
74.4 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-17.3 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
15.9 cm
4 March 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
3 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 | 6.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 55 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 49 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 14 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 74 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 62 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 89 mm | +37 mm |
| Dec | 9.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Halstead?
Halstead has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 591 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Halstead?
The hottest day measured in Halstead between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Halstead?
The coldest day measured in Halstead between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, at -12.4 °C.
Does it snow in Halstead?
Yes. Halstead gets on average 12.1 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Halstead warmed?
Yes: Halstead warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Halstead?
The wettest day measured in Halstead between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1965, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Halstead?
The windiest day measured in Halstead between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 74.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Halstead?
The warmest month in Halstead is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Halstead?
Halstead receives on average 591 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Halstead?
Halstead 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 Halstead?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Halstead between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1970, with 15.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Halstead?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Halstead.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Halstead?
In Halstead, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -17.3 °C on 24 February 1947.
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