Kettering climate — normals and trends
Kettering (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 641 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kettering averages 42 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Kettering has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -17.3 °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
KetteringEngland
- coords
- 52.40°, -0.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
641mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
22.5km/h
Seasonal range
12.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °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
39.2 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.3 °C
24 February 1947
Wettest day
46 mm
30 August 1976
Windiest day
61.9 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
9 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-22.4 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
22.2 cm
26 April 1981
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 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 | 5.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 74 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 46 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 18 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 19 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 29 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 34 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 70 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 22 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 59 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 56 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 124 mm | +69 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 73 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kettering?
Kettering has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 641 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kettering?
The hottest day measured in Kettering between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kettering?
The coldest day measured in Kettering between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, at -17.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kettering?
Yes. Kettering gets on average 19.1 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Kettering warmed?
Yes: Kettering warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kettering?
The wettest day measured in Kettering between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1976, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kettering?
The windiest day measured in Kettering between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 61.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kettering?
The warmest month in Kettering is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kettering?
Kettering receives on average 641 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kettering?
Kettering 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 Kettering?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kettering between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1981, with 22.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kettering?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kettering.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kettering?
In Kettering, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -22.4 °C on 24 February 1947.
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