Minehead climate — normals and trends
Minehead (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 1,018 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 (16.2 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Minehead averages 6 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Minehead has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 11 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.2 °C (on 11 August 2022) and the coldest -7.6 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
MineheadEngland
- coords
- 51.20°, -3.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,018mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
29.8km/h
Seasonal range
10.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
42.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
26.2 °C
11 August 2022
Coldest day
-7.6 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
20 October 1944
Windiest day
92.2 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
149.8 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
28.2 °C
3 August 1990
Coldest feels-like
-15.3 °C
13 January 1987
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
8 January 1982
Sunniest day
15.9 h
19 June 2025
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 | 7.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 119 mm | +24 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 85 mm | +12 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -57 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 83 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 17.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 18.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 56 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 16.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 206 mm | +112 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 111 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 191 mm | +81 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 178 mm | +71 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Minehead?
Minehead has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 1,018 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Minehead?
The hottest day measured in Minehead between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2022, reaching 26.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Minehead?
The coldest day measured in Minehead between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -7.6 °C.
Does it snow in Minehead?
Yes. Minehead gets on average 8.6 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Minehead warmed?
Yes: Minehead warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Minehead?
The wettest day measured in Minehead between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1944, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Minehead?
The windiest day measured in Minehead between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 92.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Minehead?
The warmest month in Minehead is August (16.2 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Minehead?
Minehead receives on average 1,018 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Minehead?
Minehead gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Minehead?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Minehead between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1982, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Minehead?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Minehead.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Minehead?
In Minehead, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.2 °C on 3 August 1990, and the lowest was -15.3 °C on 13 January 1987.
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