Totnes has some of the mildest winter nights among UK towns
Expect July afternoons of about 21.3°C (70°F). By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 87% of UK towns. The rainiest month is January; the driest is July. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 19–21°C.
Met Office 1991–2020 averages for the town itself.
A year in Totnes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What a year in Totnes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,154 mm of rain a year
January is the wettest month and July the driest. About 41 days a year bring 10 mm (0.4 in) or more. 12th wettest of 47 Devon towns of 2,500+.
Rain by month
Millimetres
24 air frosts and 6 days of 25°C a year
On about 24 nights a year the air drops below freezing; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 6 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 Chivenor
Chivenor is 50 miles north of Totnes, 6 m (20 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 | 9.1°C | 3.6°C | 91 mm | 5.4 |
| February | 9.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 mm | 5.0 |
| March | 11.2°C | 4.5°C | 60 mm | 2.6 |
| April | 13.7°C | 5.9°C | 56 mm | 0.9 |
| May | 16.5°C | 8.6°C | 55 mm | 0.0 |
| June | 19.0°C | 11.4°C | 68 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 20.7°C | 13.3°C | 74 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 20.5°C | 13.4°C | 77 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 18.8°C | 11.5°C | 70 mm | 0.0 |
| October | 15.4°C | 9.1°C | 107 mm | 0.4 |
| November | 12.1°C | 6.2°C | 106 mm | 1.8 |
| December | 9.9°C | 4.3°C | 107 mm | 4.6 |
| Year | 14.7°C | 7.9°C | 941 mm | 21 |
Met Office historic station data, Chivenor, 1991–2020 months averaged (a month needs 20 of the 30 years; estimated values counted, missing months left out). Sunshine: Campbell-Stokes recorder.
How Totnes 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 Devon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totnes | 21.3°C | 3.5°C | 1,154 mm |
| Stoke Gabriel 3.2 mi | 21.6°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 1,110 mm |
| Marldon 4.3 mi | 21.3°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 1,124 mm |
| Ipplepen 4.4 mi | 21.2°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,168 mm |
| Paignton 5.1 mi | 21.0°C about the same | 3.9°C about the same | 1,090 mm |
| Buckfastleigh 5.5 mi | 20.0°C 1.3°C cooler | 3.2°C about the same | 1,916 mm |
| Denbury 5.5 mi | 21.2°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 1,168 mm |
Totnes 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 | 9.5°C 49°F | 3.5°C 38°F | 6.6°C | 148 mm 5.8 in |
| February | 9.2°C 49°F | 3.0°C 37°F | 6.1°C | 103 mm 4.1 in |
| March | 10.9°C 52°F | 3.9°C 39°F | 7.5°C | 84 mm 3.3 in |
| April | 13.8°C 57°F | 5.3°C 42°F | 9.4°C | 71 mm 2.8 in |
| May | 16.3°C 61°F | 7.4°C 45°F | 11.9°C | 64 mm 2.5 in |
| June | 19.1°C 66°F | 10.5°C 51°F | 14.8°C | 68 mm 2.7 in |
| July | 21.3°C 70°F | 12.3°C 54°F | 16.8°C | 62 mm 2.4 in |
| August | 21.0°C 70°F | 12.6°C 55°F | 16.9°C | 79 mm 3.1 in |
| September | 19.0°C 66°F | 10.6°C 51°F | 14.8°C | 73 mm 2.9 in |
| October | 15.4°C 60°F | 8.2°C 47°F | 11.8°C | 130 mm 5.1 in |
| November | 12.1°C 54°F | 5.7°C 42°F | 8.9°C | 128 mm 5.0 in |
| December | 9.5°C 49°F | 3.4°C 38°F | 6.4°C | 144 mm 5.7 in |
| Year | 14.7°C | 7.2°C | 11.0°C | 1,154 mm |
Where Totnes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Mean temperature, rain and day counts: HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the 1 Met Office 2 km grid square whose centre lies inside Totnes’s built-up area.
- 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 Chivenor, 50 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 Totnes’s climate
How warm does Totnes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.3°C (70°F). About 6 days a year reach 25°C (77°F), fewer than 71% of UK towns.
How cold does Totnes get in winter?
February nights average 3.0°C (37°F). The air drops below freezing on about 24 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Totnes get?
About 1,154 mm (45 in) a year, more than 87% of UK towns. January is the wettest month (148 mm) and July the driest (62 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 Totnes. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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