Penistone climate — normals and trends
Penistone (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 878 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 (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Penistone averages 53 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.
Penistone 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 73 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -14.3 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
PenistoneEngland
- coords
- 53.53°, -1.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
878mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
11.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
53 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
164 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.9 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
46.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
33.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.3 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
55 mm
20 October 2023
Windiest day
63.6 km/h
13 January 1984
Strongest gust
145.8 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-19.4 °C
23 February 1947
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
13 March 1969
Sunniest day
16.2 h
24 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 125 mm | +50 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 40 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 27 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 15 mm | -52 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 36 mm | -37 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 62 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 19.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 68 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 35 mm | -48 mm |
| Sep | 15.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 125 mm | +55 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 81 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 121 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 116 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Penistone?
Penistone has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 878 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Penistone?
The hottest day measured in Penistone between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Penistone?
The coldest day measured in Penistone between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -14.3 °C.
Does it snow in Penistone?
Yes. Penistone gets on average 47.9 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.
Has the climate of Penistone warmed?
Yes: Penistone warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Penistone?
The wettest day measured in Penistone between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2023, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Penistone?
The windiest day measured in Penistone between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1984, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Penistone?
The warmest month in Penistone is July (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Penistone?
Penistone receives on average 878 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Penistone?
Penistone gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Penistone?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Penistone between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1969, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Penistone?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Penistone.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Penistone?
In Penistone, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -19.4 °C on 23 February 1947.
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