Skegness climate — normals and trends
Skegness (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 680 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Skegness averages 13 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Skegness has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 22 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.3 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -9.2 °C (on 25 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
SkegnessEngland
- coords
- 53.14°, 0.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
680mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
28.4km/h
Seasonal range
11.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
42.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
30.3 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-9.2 °C
25 January 1963
Wettest day
51 mm
20 October 2023
Windiest day
76.1 km/h
3 January 1976
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
9 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
28.1 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-14.6 °C
25 January 1963
Snowiest day
11.1 cm
25 February 1958
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 | 5.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 88 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 47 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 13 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 13 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 45 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 77 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 76 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 71 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 129 mm | +62 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 83 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Skegness?
Skegness has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 680 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Skegness?
The hottest day measured in Skegness between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 30.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Skegness?
The coldest day measured in Skegness between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1963, at -9.2 °C.
Does it snow in Skegness?
Yes. Skegness gets on average 14.0 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Skegness warmed?
Yes: Skegness warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Skegness?
The wettest day measured in Skegness between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2023, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Skegness?
The windiest day measured in Skegness between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1976, with winds reaching 76.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Skegness?
The warmest month in Skegness is August (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Skegness?
Skegness receives on average 680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Skegness?
Skegness gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Skegness?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Skegness between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 11.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Skegness?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Skegness.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Skegness?
In Skegness, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.1 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -14.6 °C on 25 January 1963.
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