Sutton Coldfield climate — normals and trends
Sutton Coldfield (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 679 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sutton Coldfield averages 42 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Sutton Coldfield has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -17.6 °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
Sutton ColdfieldEngland
- coords
- 52.57°, -1.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
679mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.8km/h
Seasonal range
12.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
41.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °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
36.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.6 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
44 mm
20 July 2007
Windiest day
56.5 km/h
30 November 1954
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
9 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-22.2 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.0 h
26 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 77 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 43 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 12 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 26 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 26 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 36 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 22.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 22 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 76 mm | +21 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 60 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 125 mm | +66 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 104 mm | +47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sutton Coldfield?
Sutton Coldfield has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sutton Coldfield?
The hottest day measured in Sutton Coldfield between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sutton Coldfield?
The coldest day measured in Sutton Coldfield between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -17.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sutton Coldfield?
Yes. Sutton Coldfield gets on average 18.5 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Sutton Coldfield warmed?
Yes: Sutton Coldfield warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sutton Coldfield?
The wettest day measured in Sutton Coldfield between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sutton Coldfield?
The windiest day measured in Sutton Coldfield between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1954, with winds reaching 56.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sutton Coldfield?
The warmest month in Sutton Coldfield is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Sutton Coldfield?
Sutton Coldfield receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sutton Coldfield?
Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sutton Coldfield between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sutton Coldfield?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sutton Coldfield.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sutton Coldfield?
In Sutton Coldfield, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -22.2 °C on 23 January 1963.
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