Market Harborough climate — normals and trends
Market Harborough (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 656 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Market Harborough averages 44 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Market Harborough 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 63 to 25 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °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
Market HarboroughEngland
- coords
- 52.48°, -0.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
656mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
12.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
41.9 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.3 °C
24 February 1947
Wettest day
43 mm
20 October 2023
Windiest day
60.5 km/h
2 January 1976
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
23.0 cm
26 April 1981
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 79 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 45 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 19 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 27 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 33 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 63 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 22.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 21 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 64 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 56 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 126 mm | +70 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 79 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Market Harborough?
Market Harborough has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 656 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Market Harborough?
The hottest day measured in Market Harborough between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Market Harborough?
The coldest day measured in Market Harborough between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, at -17.3 °C.
Does it snow in Market Harborough?
Yes. Market Harborough gets on average 20.3 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Market Harborough warmed?
Yes: Market Harborough warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Market Harborough?
The wettest day measured in Market Harborough between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2023, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Market Harborough?
The windiest day measured in Market Harborough between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1976, with winds reaching 60.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Market Harborough?
The warmest month in Market Harborough is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Market Harborough?
Market Harborough receives on average 656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Market Harborough?
Market Harborough 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 Market Harborough?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Market Harborough between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1981, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Market Harborough?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Market Harborough.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Market Harborough?
In Market Harborough, 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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