Westgate on Sea climate — normals and trends
Westgate on Sea (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 632 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Westgate on Sea averages 5 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Westgate on Sea has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 10 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.4 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -7.5 °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
Westgate on SeaEngland
- coords
- 51.38°, 1.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
632mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
30.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
43.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
27.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-7.5 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
54 mm
21 October 1955
Windiest day
86.8 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
137.9 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
30.0 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-14.8 °C
19 January 1963
Snowiest day
13.7 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 | 6.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 71 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 54 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 9.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 24 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 45 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 75 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 38 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 77 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 76 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 9.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Westgate on Sea?
Westgate on Sea has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Westgate on Sea?
The hottest day measured in Westgate on Sea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 27.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Westgate on Sea?
The coldest day measured in Westgate on Sea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -7.5 °C.
Does it snow in Westgate on Sea?
Yes. Westgate on Sea gets on average 10.0 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Westgate on Sea warmed?
Yes: Westgate on Sea warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Westgate on Sea?
The wettest day measured in Westgate on Sea between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1955, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Westgate on Sea?
The windiest day measured in Westgate on Sea between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 86.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Westgate on Sea?
The warmest month in Westgate on Sea is August (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Westgate on Sea?
Westgate on Sea receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Westgate on Sea?
Westgate on Sea gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Westgate on Sea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Westgate on Sea between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1970, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Westgate on Sea?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Westgate on Sea.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Westgate on Sea?
In Westgate on Sea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.0 °C on 27 July 2018, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 19 January 1963.
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