Summer warmth: Skinburness logs fewer 25-degree days than 95% of UK towns
A clear January night here typically dips to 2.2°C (36°F). Wet weather is most frequent in October and least in April. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 82% of UK towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 17–19°C.
Met Office 1991–2020 averages for the town itself.
A year in Skinburness at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What a year in Skinburness feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 948 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and April the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm (0.4 in) or more.
Rain by month
Millimetres
32 air frosts and 2 days of 25°C a year
On about 32 nights a year the air drops below freezing; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 2 days a year reach 25°C (77°F).
Day counts are 1991–2020 averages from the Met Office’s 2 km grid. The Met Office calls a day of 25°C or more a summer day and a night below 0°C an air frost; ground frosts, on grass, come more often.
The Met Office station at Newton Rigg
Newton Rigg is 28 miles south-east of Skinburness, 169 m (554 ft) above sea level. It is the nearest of the 37 long-running stations the Met Office publishes in full; at that distance read it for sunshine and the station’s own record, not as the town’s figures.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C | 0.9°C | 103 mm | 11.1 |
| February | 7.0°C | 0.9°C | 81 mm | 10.6 |
| March | 9.1°C | 1.9°C | 69 mm | 8.6 |
| April | 12.0°C | 3.3°C | 52 mm | 4.8 |
| May | 15.3°C | 5.7°C | 56 mm | 1.8 |
| June | 17.6°C | 8.7°C | 67 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 19.5°C | 10.6°C | 75 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 18.9°C | 10.3°C | 81 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.6°C | 8.2°C | 76 mm | 0.1 |
| October | 12.8°C | 5.7°C | 102 mm | 2.9 |
| November | 9.1°C | 2.9°C | 103 mm | 7.1 |
| December | 6.8°C | 0.7°C | 118 mm | 12.0 |
| Year | 12.6°C | 5.0°C | 981 mm | 59 |
Met Office historic station data, Newton Rigg, 1991–2020 months averaged (a month needs 20 of the 30 years; estimated values counted, missing months left out). Sunshine: Campbell-Stokes recorder.
How Skinburness compares
Against the 2,537 towns and cities of 2,500 or more across the UK, each with its own Met Office averages, and its place among Cumbria towns that size.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles: a hill, a valley or the sea can make a real difference over a few miles.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skinburness | 19.3°C | 2.2°C | 948 mm |
| Silloth 1.7 mi | 19.3°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 948 mm |
| Annan 8.1 mi | 19.6°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.6°C colder | 1,036 mm |
| Aspatria 8.8 mi | 19.5°C about the same | 1.3°C 0.8°C colder | 1,079 mm |
| Wigton 9.3 mi | 19.5°C about the same | 1.4°C 0.7°C colder | 1,019 mm |
Skinburness weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, for the town itself (the Met Office’s HadUK-Grid).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C 46°F | 2.2°C 36°F | 5.0°C | 89 mm 3.5 in |
| February | 8.3°C 47°F | 2.1°C 36°F | 5.2°C | 71 mm 2.8 in |
| March | 9.8°C 50°F | 2.9°C 37°F | 6.4°C | 64 mm 2.5 in |
| April | 12.4°C 54°F | 4.3°C 40°F | 8.4°C | 51 mm 2.0 in |
| May | 15.3°C 59°F | 6.7°C 44°F | 11.0°C | 57 mm 2.2 in |
| June | 17.5°C 64°F | 9.5°C 49°F | 13.6°C | 72 mm 2.9 in |
| July | 19.3°C 67°F | 11.4°C 53°F | 15.4°C | 81 mm 3.2 in |
| August | 19.0°C 66°F | 11.3°C 52°F | 15.2°C | 92 mm 3.6 in |
| September | 17.1°C 63°F | 9.8°C 50°F | 13.4°C | 81 mm 3.2 in |
| October | 14.0°C 57°F | 7.2°C 45°F | 10.6°C | 105 mm 4.1 in |
| November | 10.5°C 51°F | 4.6°C 40°F | 7.6°C | 92 mm 3.6 in |
| December | 8.1°C 47°F | 2.3°C 36°F | 5.2°C | 94 mm 3.7 in |
| Year | 13.3°C | 6.2°C | 9.8°C | 948 mm |
Where Skinburness’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Mean temperature, rain and day counts: HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the Met Office 2 km grid square nearest Skinburness’s centre (the town is smaller than one square).
- Highs and lows: the Met Office publishes average daily maxima and minima on its 12 km grid; each is moved by the difference between the town’s 2 km mean temperature and the 12 km square’s, which carries the town’s own height and setting over.
- Weather station and sunshine: Met Office historic station data for Newton Rigg, 28 miles away, months of 1991–2020 averaged.
- Comparisons: every town and city of 2,500 or more across the UK, all four nations, read the same way.
Met Office HadUK-Grid · Met Office Climate Data Portal · Historic station data. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Questions about Skinburness’s climate
How warm does Skinburness get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.3°C (67°F). About 2 days a year reach 25°C (77°F), fewer than 95% of UK towns.
How cold does Skinburness get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C (36°F). The air drops below freezing on about 32 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Skinburness get?
About 948 mm (37 in) a year, more than 75% of UK towns. October is the wettest month (105 mm) and April the driest (51 mm).
Where do these figures come from?
The Met Office’s HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages, which turn thousands of weather stations into a map of the UK in 2 km squares; the page reads the squares inside Skinburness. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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