Mayfield climate — normals and trends
Mayfield (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 853 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 (13.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Mayfield averages 57 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Mayfield has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 79 to 35 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.7 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -18.2 °C (on 11 January 1982).
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
MayfieldScotland
- coords
- 55.87°, -3.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
853mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.7 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
46.2 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
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
30.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-18.2 °C
11 January 1982
Wettest day
53 mm
22 November 1969
Windiest day
62.5 km/h
28 January 2002
Strongest gust
140.0 km/h
5 December 2013
Hottest feels-like
32.6 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-22.7 °C
8 January 1982
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
30 March 2010
Sunniest day
16.9 h
30 June 1941
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 | 4.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 50 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 46 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 30 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 50 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 17.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 75 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 18.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 84 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 77 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 73 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 8.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 145 mm | +73 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 87 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mayfield?
Mayfield has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 853 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mayfield?
The hottest day measured in Mayfield between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 30.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mayfield?
The coldest day measured in Mayfield between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1982, at -18.2 °C.
Does it snow in Mayfield?
Yes. Mayfield gets on average 58.7 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Mayfield warmed?
Yes: Mayfield warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mayfield?
The wettest day measured in Mayfield between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1969, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mayfield?
The windiest day measured in Mayfield between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2002, with winds reaching 62.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mayfield?
The warmest month in Mayfield is July (13.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Mayfield?
Mayfield receives on average 853 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mayfield?
Mayfield 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 Mayfield?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mayfield between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2010, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mayfield?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mayfield.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mayfield?
In Mayfield, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.6 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -22.7 °C on 8 January 1982.
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