Wideopen climate — normals and trends
Wideopen (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 647 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 (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wideopen averages 27 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Wideopen has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -16.1 °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
WideopenEngland
- coords
- 55.05°, -1.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
647mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
23.7km/h
Seasonal range
11.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
27 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
43.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °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
35.6 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-16.1 °C
16 February 1940
Wettest day
54 mm
15 August 1980
Windiest day
66.5 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-21.1 °C
16 February 1940
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
13 March 1969
Sunniest day
16.4 h
27 June 2018
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 | 5.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 57 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 7.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 26 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 20 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 5 mm | -44 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 32 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 20.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 47 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 20.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 76 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 30 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 77 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 65 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 107 mm | +48 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 79 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wideopen?
Wideopen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 647 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wideopen?
The hottest day measured in Wideopen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wideopen?
The coldest day measured in Wideopen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1940, at -16.1 °C.
Does it snow in Wideopen?
Yes. Wideopen gets on average 21.7 cm of snow per year and has around 27 frost days.
Has the climate of Wideopen warmed?
Yes: Wideopen warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wideopen?
The wettest day measured in Wideopen between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1980, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wideopen?
The windiest day measured in Wideopen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 66.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wideopen?
The warmest month in Wideopen is July (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Wideopen?
Wideopen receives on average 647 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wideopen?
Wideopen gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wideopen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wideopen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1969, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wideopen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wideopen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wideopen?
In Wideopen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 19 July 2022, and the lowest was -21.1 °C on 16 February 1940.
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