Hayling Island climate — normals and trends
Hayling Island (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 755 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.
Hayling Island averages 7 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Hayling Island 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 12 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.0 °C (on 27 June 1947) and the coldest -6.9 °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
Hayling IslandEngland
- coords
- 50.78°, -0.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
755mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
28.0km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
42.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
28.0 °C
27 June 1947
Coldest day
-6.9 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
18 June 2021
Windiest day
92.4 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
139.3 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
29.6 °C
4 August 1990
Coldest feels-like
-14.8 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
11.1 cm
19 February 1978
Sunniest day
16.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 131 mm | +54 mm |
| Feb | 7.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 58 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 28 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 18.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 37 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 68 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 25 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 74 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 80 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 108 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 10.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 111 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hayling Island?
Hayling Island has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 755 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hayling Island?
The hottest day measured in Hayling Island between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1947, reaching 28.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hayling Island?
The coldest day measured in Hayling Island between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Hayling Island?
Yes. Hayling Island gets on average 7.0 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Hayling Island warmed?
Yes: Hayling Island warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hayling Island?
The wettest day measured in Hayling Island between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2021, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hayling Island?
The windiest day measured in Hayling Island between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 92.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hayling Island?
The warmest month in Hayling Island is August (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Hayling Island?
Hayling Island receives on average 755 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hayling Island?
Hayling Island gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hayling Island?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hayling Island between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1978, with 11.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hayling Island?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hayling Island.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hayling Island?
In Hayling Island, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.6 °C on 4 August 1990, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 12 January 1987.
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