Plymstock climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Plymstock?

Plymstock has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 848 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plymstock?

The hottest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2022, reaching 24.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Plymstock?

The coldest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, at -4.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Plymstock?

Yes. Plymstock gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Plymstock warmed?

Yes: Plymstock warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Plymstock?

The wettest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1979, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Plymstock?

The windiest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 88.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Plymstock?

The warmest month in Plymstock is August (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (7.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Plymstock?

Plymstock receives on average 848 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Plymstock?

Plymstock gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Plymstock (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 848 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 (16.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Plymstock averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Plymstock has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 24.1 °C (on 14 August 2022) and the coldest -4.9 °C (on 13 January 1987).

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

PlymstockEngland

coords: 50.36°, -4.09°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthAugustColdest monthFebruaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

11.3°C

Average daily high

12.6°C

Average daily low

9.9°C

Annual rainfall

848mm

Sunshine / day

8.4h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

30.8km/h

Seasonal range

9.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

3.7 cm

Average feels-like high

9.5 °C

Average feels-like low

5.9 °C

Average peak gust

45.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

11.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

24.1 °C

14 August 2022

Coldest day

-4.9 °C

13 January 1987

Wettest day

57 mm

27 December 1979

Windiest day

88.1 km/h

25 January 1990

Strongest gust

143.6 km/h

4 January 1998

Hottest feels-like

27.6 °C

21 July 2021

Coldest feels-like

-14.8 °C

12 January 1987

Snowiest day

7.7 cm

1 March 2018

Sunniest day

15.8 h

19 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Frost days
2025	21.7 °C11 July 2025	3.1 °C16 March 2025	12.5 °C	1,027 mm	0
2024	22.8 °C30 July 2024	1.2 °C18 January 2024	12.4 °C	1,149 mm	0
2023	21.9 °C9 September 2023	2.4 °C2 December 2023	12.5 °C	1,082 mm	0
2022	24.1 °C14 August 2022	1.8 °C9 December 2022	12.6 °C	929 mm	0
2021	23.4 °C21 July 2021	1.6 °C8 February 2021	11.7 °C	909 mm	0
2020	23.1 °C12 August 2020	3.0 °C31 December 2020	12.1 °C	969 mm	0
2019	20.4 °C25 July 2019	2.5 °C3 February 2019	11.9 °C	984 mm	0
2018	22.1 °C8 July 2018	-1.6 °C28 February 2018	12.0 °C	1,015 mm	3
2017	21.3 °C6 July 2017	2.2 °C11 February 2017	12.0 °C	837 mm	0
2016	21.4 °C19 July 2016	3.1 °C29 February 2016	11.8 °C	789 mm	0
2015	19.5 °C30 June 2015	2.1 °C3 February 2015	11.8 °C	846 mm	0
2014	22.1 °C26 July 2014	3.2 °C29 December 2014	12.2 °C	1,028 mm	0
2013	21.3 °C18 July 2013	-0.8 °C12 March 2013	11.2 °C	934 mm	1
2012	20.8 °C25 July 2012	-0.4 °C3 February 2012	11.3 °C	1,058 mm	1
2011	19.5 °C28 July 2011	-0.3 °C30 January 2011	11.9 °C	656 mm	1
2010	20.0 °C26 July 2010	-1.0 °C25 December 2010	10.5 °C	742 mm	7
2009	19.8 °C11 August 2009	-1.0 °C7 January 2009	11.4 °C	947 mm	3
2008	19.3 °C28 July 2008	3.5 °C7 April 2008	11.5 °C	888 mm	0
2007	20.2 °C23 August 2007	2.2 °C26 January 2007	12.2 °C	891 mm	0
2006	21.7 °C3 July 2006	0.6 °C3 February 2006	12.0 °C	842 mm	0
2005	20.9 °C10 July 2005	0.1 °C28 February 2005	11.8 °C	697 mm	0
2004	21.4 °C6 September 2004	1.0 °C27 February 2004	11.8 °C	777 mm	0
2003	23.8 °C10 August 2003	1.6 °C9 January 2003	11.9 °C	728 mm	0
2002	20.6 °C6 August 2002	3.1 °C10 December 2002	12.0 °C	1,116 mm	0
2001	21.5 °C29 July 2001	1.3 °C1 March 2001	11.5 °C	861 mm	0
2000	20.2 °C6 August 2000	2.2 °C27 December 2000	11.5 °C	1,010 mm	0
1999	22.1 °C11 July 1999	1.3 °C9 February 1999	11.9 °C	1,001 mm	0
1998	19.7 °C11 August 1998	2.2 °C3 December 1998	11.7 °C	928 mm	0
1997	20.4 °C17 August 1997	-1.4 °C3 January 1997	11.8 °C	911 mm	4
1996	20.3 °C19 August 1996	-1.1 °C31 December 1996	10.7 °C	850 mm	3
1995	22.9 °C1 August 1995	0.8 °C6 December 1995	12.0 °C	858 mm	0
1994	20.3 °C24 July 1994	-0.1 °C14 February 1994	11.7 °C	1,031 mm	1
1993	19.4 °C30 June 1993	1.0 °C28 February 1993	11.2 °C	1,004 mm	0
1992	19.9 °C6 July 1992	2.6 °C21 January 1992	11.2 °C	806 mm	0
1991	20.5 °C4 September 1991	-4.5 °C7 February 1991	10.9 °C	725 mm	5
1990	23.5 °C4 August 1990	3.0 °C5 April 1990	12.0 °C	728 mm	0
1989	22.8 °C24 July 1989	2.9 °C4 April 1989	12.3 °C	755 mm	0
1988	20.1 °C23 June 1988	1.9 °C2 March 1988	11.3 °C	814 mm	0
1987	20.8 °C6 July 1987	-4.9 °C13 January 1987	10.7 °C	842 mm	5
1986	19.0 °C15 July 1986	-1.1 °C22 February 1986	10.1 °C	987 mm	5
1985	20.1 °C4 July 1985	-1.3 °C8 January 1985	10.6 °C	816 mm	7
1984	20.9 °C20 August 1984	2.0 °C20 January 1984	11.2 °C	805 mm	0
1983	21.7 °C12 July 1983	0.6 °C9 February 1983	11.3 °C	755 mm	0
1982	20.8 °C3 August 1982	0.5 °C11 January 1982	11.4 °C	978 mm	0
1981	19.9 °C15 August 1981	0.4 °C18 December 1981	10.9 °C	1,012 mm	0
1980	18.6 °C20 August 1980	0.2 °C21 March 1980	10.8 °C	980 mm	0
1979	19.9 °C27 July 1979	-3.1 °C1 January 1979	10.6 °C	899 mm	6
1978	18.2 °C22 August 1978	-1.6 °C11 February 1978	11.0 °C	927 mm	4
1977	19.6 °C6 July 1977	1.8 °C12 January 1977	11.1 °C	987 mm	0
1976	22.7 °C27 June 1976	0.4 °C1 February 1976	11.3 °C	754 mm	0
1975	21.3 °C8 August 1975	1.2 °C19 March 1975	11.4 °C	708 mm	0
1974	18.8 °C14 June 1974	2.4 °C5 March 1974	11.0 °C	1,105 mm	0
1973	20.7 °C15 August 1973	1.2 °C15 February 1973	11.1 °C	684 mm	0
1972	20.3 °C16 July 1972	-0.7 °C30 January 1972	10.8 °C	1,057 mm	2
1971	21.0 °C9 July 1971	-0.2 °C7 March 1971	11.2 °C	763 mm	1
1970	19.1 °C4 August 1970	-0.4 °C27 December 1970	10.9 °C	826 mm	1
1969	20.0 °C24 July 1969	-0.3 °C8 February 1969	11.0 °C	812 mm	3
1968	19.9 °C24 August 1968	0.0 °C10 January 1968	11.0 °C	801 mm	0
1967	19.5 °C12 July 1967	0.2 °C9 January 1967	11.0 °C	815 mm	0
1966	20.0 °C21 July 1966	-0.8 °C15 January 1966	11.2 °C	837 mm	3
1965	19.1 °C30 June 1965	-2.1 °C2 March 1965	10.4 °C	763 mm	3
1964	20.0 °C4 September 1964	-0.5 °C28 December 1964	10.8 °C	629 mm	1
1963	18.6 °C22 July 1963	-3.8 °C2 February 1963	9.8 °C	810 mm	20
1962	19.8 °C25 July 1962	-0.3 °C26 February 1962	10.3 °C	635 mm	3
1961	20.6 °C1 July 1961	0.9 °C26 January 1961	11.6 °C	696 mm	0
1960	19.9 °C26 June 1960	-0.3 °C14 January 1960	11.2 °C	991 mm	1
1959	21.4 °C20 August 1959	0.7 °C16 January 1959	11.9 °C	804 mm	0
1958	18.2 °C4 August 1958	-0.3 °C9 March 1958	10.9 °C	798 mm	1
1957	21.6 °C4 July 1957	1.4 °C16 December 1957	11.5 °C	683 mm	0
1956	19.3 °C10 August 1956	-3.5 °C2 February 1956	10.3 °C	629 mm	18
1955	21.1 °C17 July 1955	-0.6 °C27 February 1955	11.0 °C	682 mm	1
1954	18.0 °C1 September 1954	-3.0 °C2 February 1954	10.8 °C	721 mm	7
1953	19.8 °C29 June 1953	0.8 °C16 February 1953	11.2 °C	664 mm	0
1952	20.8 °C22 July 1952	0.9 °C28 March 1952	10.8 °C	845 mm	0
1951	19.4 °C18 July 1951	1.7 °C10 March 1951	11.0 °C	967 mm	0
1950	18.8 °C6 August 1950	0.7 °C25 January 1950	11.2 °C	893 mm	0
1949	21.7 °C25 July 1949	1.0 °C10 March 1949	12.0 °C	695 mm	0
1948	22.0 °C27 July 1948	-2.5 °C21 February 1948	11.5 °C	910 mm	3
1947	23.5 °C16 August 1947	-2.8 °C29 January 1947	10.9 °C	638 mm	17
1946	19.7 °C13 July 1946	0.0 °C21 December 1946	11.1 °C	637 mm	0
1945	20.2 °C2 August 1945	-2.0 °C24 January 1945	11.6 °C	791 mm	5
1944	20.6 °C10 August 1944	1.2 °C29 February 1944	11.2 °C	730 mm	0
1943	20.3 °C21 July 1943	2.7 °C10 March 1943	11.4 °C	708 mm	0
1942	20.7 °C27 August 1942	-1.0 °C22 February 1942	10.9 °C	872 mm	4
1941	19.7 °C25 July 1941	-2.3 °C16 January 1941	10.6 °C	710 mm	6
1940	20.3 °C6 August 1940	-2.8 °C21 January 1940	10.9 °C	749 mm	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

13.8 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

1027 mm

+179 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.1 °C	+0.4 °C	163 mm	+70 mm
Feb	9.1 °C	+0.8 °C	86 mm	+13 mm
Mar	10.2 °C	+1.1 °C	12 mm	-55 mm
Apr	12.2 °C	+1.7 °C	99 mm	+48 mm
May	14.9 °C	+2.1 °C	29 mm	-27 mm
Jun	17.1 °C	+1.7 °C	59 mm	+9 mm
Jul	19.2 °C	+1.9 °C	33 mm	-16 mm
Aug	18.8 °C	+1.2 °C	42 mm	-15 mm
Sep	16.2 °C	0.0 °C	101 mm	+38 mm
Oct	14.5 °C	+0.4 °C	95 mm	+4 mm
Nov	12.7 °C	+1.3 °C	128 mm	+28 mm
Dec	10.9 °C	+1.1 °C	183 mm	+84 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

21.7 °C

11 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.1 °C

16 Mar 2025

Wettest day

37.3 mm

15 Dec 2025

Windiest day

65.7 km/h

26 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

117.0 km/h

24 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

25.1 °C

11 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

25 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

0.3 cm

8 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

15.8 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Plymstock?

Plymstock has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 848 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plymstock?

The hottest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2022, reaching 24.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Plymstock?

The coldest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, at -4.9 °C.

Does it snow in Plymstock?

Yes. Plymstock gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Has the climate of Plymstock warmed?

Yes: Plymstock warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Plymstock?

The wettest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1979, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Plymstock?

The windiest day measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 88.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Plymstock?

The warmest month in Plymstock is August (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (7.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Plymstock?

Plymstock receives on average 848 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Plymstock?

Plymstock gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Plymstock?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plymstock between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2018, with 7.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Plymstock?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Plymstock.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plymstock?

In Plymstock, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.6 °C on 21 July 2021, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 12 January 1987.

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