Turriff climate — normals and trends
Turriff (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 800 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 (14.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Turriff averages 41 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Turriff 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 58 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.9 °C (on 21 August 1995) and the coldest -16.8 °C (on 29 December 1995).
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
TurriffScotland
- coords
- 57.54°, -2.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
800mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
23.2km/h
Seasonal range
10.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
41 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
43.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
28.9 °C
21 August 1995
Coldest day
-16.8 °C
29 December 1995
Wettest day
57 mm
11 August 2014
Windiest day
76.6 km/h
31 January 1953
Strongest gust
152.6 km/h
31 January 1953
Hottest feels-like
29.2 °C
21 August 1995
Coldest feels-like
-22.2 °C
29 December 1995
Snowiest day
18.0 cm
31 March 2010
Sunniest day
17.3 h
16 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 64 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 7.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 33 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 23 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 82 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 19.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 74 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -49 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 47 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 110 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 94 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 8.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 55 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Turriff?
Turriff has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 800 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Turriff?
The hottest day measured in Turriff between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1995, reaching 28.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Turriff?
The coldest day measured in Turriff between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1995, at -16.8 °C.
Does it snow in Turriff?
Yes. Turriff gets on average 42.3 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.
Has the climate of Turriff warmed?
Yes: Turriff warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Turriff?
The wettest day measured in Turriff between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2014, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Turriff?
The windiest day measured in Turriff between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1953, with winds reaching 76.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Turriff?
The warmest month in Turriff is July (14.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Turriff?
Turriff receives on average 800 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Turriff?
Turriff gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Turriff?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Turriff between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2010, with 18.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Turriff?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Turriff.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Turriff?
In Turriff, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.2 °C on 21 August 1995, and the lowest was -22.2 °C on 29 December 1995.
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