Sheerness climate — normals and trends
Sheerness (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 683 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Sheerness averages 12 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Sheerness has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.2 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -8.2 °C (on 12 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
SheernessEngland
- coords
- 51.44°, 0.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
683mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
25.0km/h
Seasonal range
12.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 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
31.2 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-8.2 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
62 mm
17 August 1946
Windiest day
78.6 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
128.9 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
32.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-13.6 °C
19 January 1963
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
4 March 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 83 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 56 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 14 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 13.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 27 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 29 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 45 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 80 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 27 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 44 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 79 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 83 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sheerness?
Sheerness has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sheerness?
The hottest day measured in Sheerness between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 31.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sheerness?
The coldest day measured in Sheerness between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -8.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sheerness?
Yes. Sheerness gets on average 11.3 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Sheerness warmed?
Yes: Sheerness warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sheerness?
The wettest day measured in Sheerness between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1946, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sheerness?
The windiest day measured in Sheerness between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 78.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sheerness?
The warmest month in Sheerness is August (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sheerness?
Sheerness receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sheerness?
Sheerness gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sheerness?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sheerness between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1970, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sheerness?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sheerness.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sheerness?
In Sheerness, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.7 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -13.6 °C on 19 January 1963.
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