Oakham climate — normals and trends
Oakham (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 643 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Oakham averages 40 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Oakham has warmed by +1.7 °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 58 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -17.0 °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
OakhamEngland
- coords
- 52.67°, -0.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
643mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
22.7km/h
Seasonal range
12.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 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
+1.7 °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
39.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.0 °C
24 February 1947
Wettest day
45 mm
10 August 2004
Windiest day
63.3 km/h
2 January 1976
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
9 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-22.3 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
22.7 cm
26 April 1981
Sunniest day
16.0 h
3 June 1940
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 | 5.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 78 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 24 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 15 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 33 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 33 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 64 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 19 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 69 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 60 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 127 mm | +73 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 75 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oakham?
Oakham has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 643 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oakham?
The hottest day measured in Oakham between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oakham?
The coldest day measured in Oakham between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, at -17.0 °C.
Does it snow in Oakham?
Yes. Oakham gets on average 19.2 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Oakham warmed?
Yes: Oakham warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oakham?
The wettest day measured in Oakham between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2004, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oakham?
The windiest day measured in Oakham between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1976, with winds reaching 63.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oakham?
The warmest month in Oakham is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Oakham?
Oakham receives on average 643 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oakham?
Oakham 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 Oakham?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oakham between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1981, with 22.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oakham?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oakham.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oakham?
In Oakham, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -22.3 °C on 24 February 1947.
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