#1Anstruther
3,943 peopleJanuary low·22 air frosts a year·#537 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Anstruther, #1 on this list · Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0Fife rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Fife
Anstruther has the mildest winters of Fife’s 26 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 2.3°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 1.3°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.
#12.3°C
#2Methil
10,712 peopleJanuary low·31 air frosts a year·#1,173 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Kinghorn
2,944 peopleJanuary low·32 air frosts a year·#1,222 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 26 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.
26 towns.
#TownJanuary lowAir frostsUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Fife has the mildest winters?
Anstruther: January nights average a low of 2.3°C, with 22 air frosts in a typical year. Methil and Kinghorn 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 Fife’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Fife 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.
Most affordable towns26 towns · #1 MethilTowns with the best schools26 towns · #1 TayportHealthiest towns26 towns · #1 Dalgety Bay and HillendMost walkable towns26 towns · #1 St AndrewsTowns with the lowest flood risk26 towns · #1 Buckhaven and CrossgatesTowns with the lowest council tax26 towns · #1 Anstruther and 25 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers26 towns · #1 Newport-on-Tay and WormitDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers26 towns · #1 BallingryDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts26 towns · #1 AnstrutherDescribed, no lettersDriest towns26 towns · #1 AnstrutherDescribed, no lettersWettest towns26 towns · #1 BallingryDescribed, 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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