Middlesbrough climate — normals and trends
Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 696 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 (15.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Middlesbrough averages 29 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Middlesbrough has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 44 to 14 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -14.5 °C (on 25 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
MiddlesbroughEngland
- coords
- 54.58°, -1.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
696mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
24.4km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
32.9 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.5 °C
25 February 1947
Wettest day
60 mm
11 September 1976
Windiest day
68.9 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
30.2 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
25 February 1947
Snowiest day
14.2 cm
25 November 1965
Sunniest day
16.3 h
24 June 2018
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 | 5.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 80 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 30 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 5 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 15.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 52 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 19.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 73 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 92 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 64 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 139 mm | +71 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 101 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 696 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Middlesbrough?
The hottest day measured in Middlesbrough between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Middlesbrough?
The coldest day measured in Middlesbrough between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1947, at -14.5 °C.
Does it snow in Middlesbrough?
Yes. Middlesbrough gets on average 26.8 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Middlesbrough warmed?
Yes: Middlesbrough warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Middlesbrough?
The wettest day measured in Middlesbrough between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1976, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Middlesbrough?
The windiest day measured in Middlesbrough between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 68.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Middlesbrough?
The warmest month in Middlesbrough is July (15.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough receives on average 696 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Middlesbrough?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Middlesbrough between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1965, with 14.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Middlesbrough?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Middlesbrough.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Middlesbrough?
In Middlesbrough, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.2 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 25 February 1947.
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