Magherafelt climate — normals and trends
Magherafelt (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 876 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 (14.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Magherafelt averages 29 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.
Magherafelt has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 40 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.6 °C (on 29 June 1995) and the coldest -16.8 °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
MagherafeltNorthern Ireland
- coords
- 54.75°, -6.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
876mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
171 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
42.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °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
28.6 °C
29 June 1995
Coldest day
-16.8 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
42 mm
3 June 2007
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
16 September 1961
Strongest gust
123.5 km/h
23 May 2011
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-21.7 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
22 March 2013
Sunniest day
17.0 h
19 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 41 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 57 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 24 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 81 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 56 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 17.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 112 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 92 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 53 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 106 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 112 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 108 mm | +38 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 85 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Magherafelt?
Magherafelt has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 876 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Magherafelt?
The hottest day measured in Magherafelt between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1995, reaching 28.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Magherafelt?
The coldest day measured in Magherafelt between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -16.8 °C.
Does it snow in Magherafelt?
Yes. Magherafelt gets on average 19.6 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Magherafelt warmed?
Yes: Magherafelt warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Magherafelt?
The wettest day measured in Magherafelt between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2007, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Magherafelt?
The windiest day measured in Magherafelt between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Magherafelt?
The warmest month in Magherafelt is July (14.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Magherafelt?
Magherafelt receives on average 876 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Magherafelt?
Magherafelt 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 Magherafelt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Magherafelt between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2013, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Magherafelt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Magherafelt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Magherafelt?
In Magherafelt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -21.7 °C on 1 March 1947.
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