Whitchurch climate — normals and trends
Whitchurch (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 696 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 January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Whitchurch averages 40 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Whitchurch 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 59 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -19.3 °C (on 25 January 1963).
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
WhitchurchEngland
- coords
- 52.97°, -2.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
696mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
11.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
34.2 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-19.3 °C
25 January 1963
Wettest day
61 mm
24 September 2012
Windiest day
61.6 km/h
30 November 1954
Strongest gust
117.4 km/h
27 October 2002
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
24 February 1947
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
10 February 1953
Sunniest day
16.1 h
24 June 2020
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 | -0.1 °C | 94 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | 7.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 31 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 18 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 35 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 20.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 48 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 43 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 24 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 97 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 53 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 114 mm | +54 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 101 mm | +41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Whitchurch?
Whitchurch has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 696 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Whitchurch?
The hottest day measured in Whitchurch between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Whitchurch?
The coldest day measured in Whitchurch between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1963, at -19.3 °C.
Does it snow in Whitchurch?
Yes. Whitchurch gets on average 19.3 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Whitchurch warmed?
Yes: Whitchurch warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Whitchurch?
The wettest day measured in Whitchurch between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2012, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Whitchurch?
The windiest day measured in Whitchurch between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1954, with winds reaching 61.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Whitchurch?
The warmest month in Whitchurch is July (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Whitchurch?
Whitchurch receives on average 696 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Whitchurch?
Whitchurch gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Whitchurch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Whitchurch between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1953, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Whitchurch?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Whitchurch.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Whitchurch?
In Whitchurch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 24 February 1947.
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