#1Hoylake
5,311 peopleJanuary low·16 air frosts a year·#80 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Hoylake, #1 on this list · Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0Merseyside rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Merseyside
Hoylake has the mildest winters of Merseyside’s 25 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 3.5°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 2.5°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.
#13.5°C
#2Meols
5,023 peopleJanuary low·15 air frosts a year·#83 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Wallasey
85,619 peopleJanuary low·17 air frosts a year·#102 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 25 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.
25 towns.
#TownJanuary lowAir frostsUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Merseyside has the mildest winters?
Hoylake: January nights average a low of 3.5°C, with 16 air frosts in a typical year. Meols and Wallasey 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 Merseyside’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Merseyside 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 live25 towns · #1 GreasbyMost affordable towns25 towns · #1 BirkenheadSafest towns25 towns · #1 GreasbyTowns with the best schools25 towns · #1 HoylakeHealthiest towns25 towns · #1 West KirbyBest towns for jobs & income25 towns · #1 MeolsMost walkable towns25 towns · #1 LiverpoolTowns with the lowest flood risk25 towns · #1 Aintree and 4 moreBest towns for the outdoors25 towns · #1 LitherlandMost historic towns25 towns · #1 SouthportTowns with the most civic life25 towns · #1 RainfordTowns with the highest household incomes25 towns · #1 FormbyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax25 towns · #1 Haydock and Newton-le-WillowsDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers25 towns · #1 St HelensDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers25 towns · #1 FormbyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts25 towns · #1 MeolsDescribed, no lettersDriest towns25 towns · #1 Hoylake and MeolsDescribed, no lettersWettest towns25 towns · #1 BillingeDescribed, 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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