#1Workington
21,276 peopleJanuary low·38 air frosts a year·#370 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Workington, #1 on this list · Photo: Mikeca142007 · Public domainCumbria rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Cumbria
Workington has the mildest winters of Cumbria’s 23 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 2.5°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 2.0°C.
The average January low (the coldest month’s nights). Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.
#12.5°C
#2Seaton
5,051 peopleJanuary low·40 air frosts a year·#398 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Barrow-in-Furness
55,260 peopleJanuary low·25 air frosts a year·#455 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 23 towns, ranked
January low, highest first. Temperatures are ranked on two decimals and shown to one, so two towns showing the same figure can rank apart; towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
23 towns.
#TownJanuary lowAir frostsUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Cumbria has the mildest winters?
Workington: January nights average a low of 2.5°C, with 38 air frosts in a typical year. Seaton and Barrow-in-Furness follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low, highest first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Cumbria’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Cumbria is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live23 towns · #1 Grange-over-SandsBest small towns16 towns · #1 Grange-over-SandsMost affordable towns23 towns · #1 Cleator MoorSafest towns23 towns · #1 SeatonTowns with the best schools23 towns · #1 KendalHealthiest towns23 towns · #1 KeswickBest towns for jobs & income23 towns · #1 WindermereMost walkable towns23 towns · #1 AmblesideTowns with the lowest flood risk23 towns · #1 MillomBest towns for the outdoors23 towns · #1 KeswickMost historic towns23 towns · #1 Appleby-in-WestmorlandTowns with the most civic life23 towns · #1 Grange-over-SandsTowns with the highest household incomes23 towns · #1 CockermouthDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax23 towns · #1 CarlisleDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers23 towns · #1 CarlisleDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers23 towns · #1 Cleator MoorDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts23 towns · #1 Barrow-in-FurnessDescribed, no lettersDriest towns23 towns · #1 CarlisleDescribed, no lettersWettest towns23 towns · #1 AmblesideDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the mildest winters, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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