Yapton climate — normals and trends
Yapton (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 779 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Yapton averages 3 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Yapton has warmed by +1.5 °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 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 24.8 °C (on 17 August 1947) and the coldest -5.5 °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
YaptonEngland
- coords
- 50.82°, -0.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
779mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
32.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
44.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
24.8 °C
17 August 1947
Coldest day
-5.5 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
53 mm
5 September 1974
Windiest day
96.8 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
144.4 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
27.5 °C
17 August 1947
Coldest feels-like
-14.4 °C
7 February 1991
Snowiest day
9.5 cm
30 December 1962
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 | 7.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 127 mm | +47 mm |
| Feb | 7.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 64 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 9.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 13 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 19.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 71 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 82 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 91 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 12.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 115 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 10.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 108 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yapton?
Yapton has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 779 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yapton?
The hottest day measured in Yapton between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1947, reaching 24.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yapton?
The coldest day measured in Yapton between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -5.5 °C.
Does it snow in Yapton?
Yes. Yapton gets on average 6.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Yapton warmed?
Yes: Yapton warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yapton?
The wettest day measured in Yapton between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1974, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yapton?
The windiest day measured in Yapton between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 96.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yapton?
The warmest month in Yapton is August (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Yapton?
Yapton receives on average 779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yapton?
Yapton 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 Yapton?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yapton between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1962, with 9.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yapton?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yapton.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yapton?
In Yapton, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.5 °C on 17 August 1947, and the lowest was -14.4 °C on 7 February 1991.
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