Kemsing climate — normals and trends
Kemsing (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 657 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 November.
Kemsing averages 38 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Kemsing 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 55 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -13.6 °C (on 10 February 1986).
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
KemsingEngland
- coords
- 51.31°, 0.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
657mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
12.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
38 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.1 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
+1.8 °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
37.4 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-13.6 °C
10 February 1986
Wettest day
39 mm
10 July 1945
Windiest day
72.7 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
139.3 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-18.1 °C
10 February 1986
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
9 January 1968
Sunniest day
16.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | +36 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 48 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 17 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 33 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 31 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 40 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 82 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 66 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 84 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 49 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kemsing?
Kemsing has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 657 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kemsing?
The hottest day measured in Kemsing between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kemsing?
The coldest day measured in Kemsing between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1986, at -13.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kemsing?
Yes. Kemsing gets on average 12.8 cm of snow per year and has around 38 frost days.
Has the climate of Kemsing warmed?
Yes: Kemsing warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kemsing?
The wettest day measured in Kemsing between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1945, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kemsing?
The windiest day measured in Kemsing between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 72.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kemsing?
The warmest month in Kemsing is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kemsing?
Kemsing receives on average 657 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kemsing?
Kemsing gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kemsing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kemsing between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1968, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kemsing?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kemsing.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kemsing?
In Kemsing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -18.1 °C on 10 February 1986.
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