Whitby climate — normals and trends
Whitby (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 792 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 (14.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Whitby averages 3 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Whitby 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 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.7 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -3.6 °C (on 25 February 1947).
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
WhitbyEngland
- coords
- 54.49°, -0.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
792mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
33.1km/h
Seasonal range
10.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
24.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
44.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
22.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-3.6 °C
25 February 1947
Wettest day
76 mm
11 September 1976
Windiest day
86.2 km/h
31 January 1953
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
19 January 1945
Hottest feels-like
23.6 °C
17 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-13.9 °C
14 February 1979
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
8 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.1 h
22 June 2021
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 | -0.2 °C | 89 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 38 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 33 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 9.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 11.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 15.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 59 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 16.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 57 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 17.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | -49 mm |
| Sep | 15.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 82 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 71 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 200 mm | +109 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 131 mm | +49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Whitby?
Whitby has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 792 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Whitby?
The hottest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 22.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Whitby?
The coldest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1947, at -3.6 °C.
Does it snow in Whitby?
Yes. Whitby gets on average 24.4 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Whitby warmed?
Yes: Whitby warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Whitby?
The wettest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1976, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Whitby?
The windiest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1953, with winds reaching 86.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Whitby?
The warmest month in Whitby is August (14.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Whitby?
Whitby receives on average 792 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Whitby?
Whitby gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Whitby?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1990, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Whitby?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Whitby.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Whitby?
In Whitby, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 23.6 °C on 17 July 2021, and the lowest was -13.9 °C on 14 February 1979.
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