Ripon climate — normals and trends
Ripon (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 700 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ripon averages 51 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Ripon has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 71 to 31 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -19.2 °C (on 25 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
RiponEngland
- coords
- 54.14°, -1.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
700mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
21.8km/h
Seasonal range
12.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
51 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
41.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-19.2 °C
25 February 1947
Wettest day
60 mm
11 September 1976
Windiest day
64.1 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-24.2 °C
25 February 1947
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
24 April 1981
Sunniest day
16.3 h
27 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 85 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 26 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 6 mm | -48 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 22 mm | -36 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 51 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 75 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 31 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 106 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 64 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 115 mm | +54 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 100 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ripon?
Ripon has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ripon?
The hottest day measured in Ripon between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ripon?
The coldest day measured in Ripon between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1947, at -19.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ripon?
Yes. Ripon gets on average 34.1 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.
Has the climate of Ripon warmed?
Yes: Ripon warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ripon?
The wettest day measured in Ripon between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1976, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ripon?
The windiest day measured in Ripon between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 64.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ripon?
The warmest month in Ripon is July (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ripon?
Ripon receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ripon?
Ripon gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ripon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ripon between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1981, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ripon?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ripon.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ripon?
In Ripon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -24.2 °C on 25 February 1947.
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