Limavady climate — normals and trends
Limavady (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 997 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 (14.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Limavady averages 16 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 194 rainy days per year.
Limavady has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 25 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.9 °C (on 12 July 2025) and the coldest -11.6 °C (on 1 March 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
LimavadyNorthern Ireland
- coords
- 55.05°, -6.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
997mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
23.8km/h
Seasonal range
9.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
194 d/yr
Annual snowfall
22.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
47.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
25.9 °C
12 July 2025
Coldest day
-11.6 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
51 mm
16 August 1970
Windiest day
68.8 km/h
16 September 1961
Strongest gust
140.4 km/h
27 October 1959
Hottest feels-like
28.2 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-16.6 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
30 March 2010
Sunniest day
17.0 h
10 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 59 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 68 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 26 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 90 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 65 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 16.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 115 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 17.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 71 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 18.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 66 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 104 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 144 mm | +48 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 140 mm | +48 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 86 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Limavady?
Limavady has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 997 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Limavady?
The hottest day measured in Limavady between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2025, reaching 25.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Limavady?
The coldest day measured in Limavady between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -11.6 °C.
Does it snow in Limavady?
Yes. Limavady gets on average 22.2 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Limavady warmed?
Yes: Limavady warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Limavady?
The wettest day measured in Limavady between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1970, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Limavady?
The windiest day measured in Limavady between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 68.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Limavady?
The warmest month in Limavady is July (14.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Limavady?
Limavady receives on average 997 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 194 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Limavady?
Limavady gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Limavady?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Limavady between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2010, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Limavady?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Limavady.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Limavady?
In Limavady, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.2 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -16.6 °C on 1 March 1947.
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