Montrose climate — normals and trends
Montrose (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 860 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 (13.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Montrose averages 19 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Montrose has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 24.0 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -8.3 °C (on 10 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
MontroseScotland
- coords
- 56.72°, -2.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
860mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
24.8km/h
Seasonal range
9.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
41.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
24.0 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-8.3 °C
10 January 1982
Wettest day
57 mm
19 October 2023
Windiest day
65.1 km/h
28 January 2002
Strongest gust
136.8 km/h
28 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
24.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-13.4 °C
10 January 1982
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
18 January 1972
Sunniest day
17.2 h
22 June 2021
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 | +0.1 °C | 45 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 25 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 10.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 23 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 38 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 15.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 48 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 17.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 95 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 17.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 52 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 66 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 113 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 102 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 114 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Montrose?
Montrose has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Montrose?
The hottest day measured in Montrose between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 24.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Montrose?
The coldest day measured in Montrose between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1982, at -8.3 °C.
Does it snow in Montrose?
Yes. Montrose gets on average 35.7 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Montrose warmed?
Yes: Montrose warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Montrose?
The wettest day measured in Montrose between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 2023, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Montrose?
The windiest day measured in Montrose between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2002, with winds reaching 65.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Montrose?
The warmest month in Montrose is July (13.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Montrose?
Montrose receives on average 860 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Montrose?
Montrose 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 Montrose?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Montrose between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1972, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Montrose?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Montrose.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Montrose?
In Montrose, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 24.8 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -13.4 °C on 10 January 1982.
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