Totnes climate — normals and trends
Totnes (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 750 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 (15.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Totnes averages 22 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Totnes has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 31 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.2 °C (on 16 August 1947) and the coldest -13.4 °C (on 24 January 1945).
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
TotnesEngland
- coords
- 50.43°, -3.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
23.4km/h
Seasonal range
10.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
45.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
29.2 °C
16 August 1947
Coldest day
-13.4 °C
24 January 1945
Wettest day
57 mm
29 June 1986
Windiest day
71.6 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
142.9 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
33.0 °C
27 June 1976
Coldest feels-like
-18.4 °C
2 January 1979
Snowiest day
13.6 cm
19 February 1978
Sunniest day
15.8 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 129 mm | +57 mm |
| Feb | 8.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 66 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 12 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 85 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 30 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 65 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 36 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 42 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 79 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 62 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 99 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 9.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 139 mm | +65 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Totnes?
Totnes has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Totnes?
The hottest day measured in Totnes between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1947, reaching 29.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Totnes?
The coldest day measured in Totnes between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1945, at -13.4 °C.
Does it snow in Totnes?
Yes. Totnes gets on average 8.1 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Totnes warmed?
Yes: Totnes warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Totnes?
The wettest day measured in Totnes between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1986, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Totnes?
The windiest day measured in Totnes between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 71.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Totnes?
The warmest month in Totnes is July (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Totnes?
Totnes receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Totnes?
Totnes 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 Totnes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Totnes between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1978, with 13.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Totnes?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Totnes.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Totnes?
In Totnes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 27 June 1976, and the lowest was -18.4 °C on 2 January 1979.
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