Margate climate — normals and trends
Margate (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 682 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Margate averages 4 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Margate 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 8 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.6 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -6.0 °C (on 12 January 1987).
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
MargateEngland
- coords
- 51.38°, 1.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
682mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
33.2km/h
Seasonal range
11.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
44.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
25.6 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-6.0 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
63 mm
21 October 1955
Windiest day
91.0 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
133.9 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
27.1 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-14.9 °C
19 January 1963
Snowiest day
12.1 cm
4 March 1970
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 | 7.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 80 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 59 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 8.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 11.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 40 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 19.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 66 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 33 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 46 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 86 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 12.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 95 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 10.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 43 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Margate?
Margate has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 682 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Margate?
The hottest day measured in Margate between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 25.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Margate?
The coldest day measured in Margate between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Margate?
Yes. Margate gets on average 10.3 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Margate warmed?
Yes: Margate warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Margate?
The wettest day measured in Margate between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1955, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Margate?
The windiest day measured in Margate between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 91.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Margate?
The warmest month in Margate is August (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Margate?
Margate receives on average 682 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Margate?
Margate gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Margate?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Margate between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1970, with 12.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Margate?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Margate.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Margate?
In Margate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.1 °C on 27 July 2018, and the lowest was -14.9 °C on 19 January 1963.
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