Whitburn climate — normals and trends
Whitburn (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 653 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 (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Whitburn averages 10 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Whitburn has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 18 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.8 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -10.4 °C (on 16 February 1940).
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
WhitburnEngland
- coords
- 54.95°, -1.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
653mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
27.5km/h
Seasonal range
10.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
44.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
30.8 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-10.4 °C
16 February 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
15 August 1980
Windiest day
75.3 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
28.3 °C
3 August 1990
Coldest feels-like
-15.5 °C
16 February 1940
Snowiest day
9.9 cm
13 March 1947
Sunniest day
16.3 h
19 June 1940
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 | 6.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 63 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 24 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 4 mm | -41 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 32 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 18.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 47 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 19.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 66 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 28 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 76 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 71 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 129 mm | +63 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 89 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Whitburn?
Whitburn has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 653 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Whitburn?
The hottest day measured in Whitburn between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 30.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Whitburn?
The coldest day measured in Whitburn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1940, at -10.4 °C.
Does it snow in Whitburn?
Yes. Whitburn gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 10 frost days.
Has the climate of Whitburn warmed?
Yes: Whitburn warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Whitburn?
The wettest day measured in Whitburn between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1980, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Whitburn?
The windiest day measured in Whitburn between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 75.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Whitburn?
The warmest month in Whitburn is July (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Whitburn?
Whitburn receives on average 653 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Whitburn?
Whitburn 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 Whitburn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Whitburn between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1947, with 9.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Whitburn?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Whitburn.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Whitburn?
In Whitburn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.3 °C on 3 August 1990, and the lowest was -15.5 °C on 16 February 1940.
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