#1Great Yarmouth
28,979 peopleJanuary low·19 air frosts a year·#441 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Great Yarmouth, #1 on this list · Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0Norfolk rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Norfolk
Great Yarmouth has the mildest winters of Norfolk’s 52 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 2.4°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 1.7°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.
#12.4°C
#T2Cromer
7,522 peopleJanuary low·15 air frosts a year·#486 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#T2Mundesley
2,777 peopleJanuary low·18 air frosts a year·#486 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 52 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.
52 towns.
#TownJanuary lowAir frostsUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Norfolk has the mildest winters?
Great Yarmouth: January nights average a low of 2.4°C, with 19 air frosts in a typical year. Cromer and Mundesley 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 Norfolk’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Norfolk 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.
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County by county
Towns with the mildest winters, county by county
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