#1Castleford
45,363 peopleAir frosts a year·January low 2.1°C·#453 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Castleford, #1 on this list · Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0West Yorkshire rankings · Climate
Towns with the fewest frosts in West Yorkshire
Castleford has the fewest frosts of West Yorkshire’s 91 towns of 2,500+: 31 air frosts in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here has 40.
Air frosts: days a year when the temperature falls below 0°C. 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.
#131frosts
#2Mirfield
19,614 peopleAir frosts a year·January low 1.9°C·#504 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#T3Holmfield
4,150 peopleAir frosts a year·January low 2.0°C·#518 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 91 towns, ranked
Air frosts a year, lowest first. 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.
91 towns.
#TownAir frosts a yearJanuary lowUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in West Yorkshire has the fewest frosts?
Castleford: 31 air frosts in a typical year, with January nights averaging 2.1°C. Mirfield and Holmfield follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the number of air frosts in a typical year (days when the air falls below 0°C), fewest 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 West Yorkshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in West Yorkshire 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 live91 towns · #1 RippondenBest small towns54 towns · #1 RippondenMost affordable towns91 towns · #1 HalifaxSafest towns91 towns · #1 ShelleyTowns with the best schools91 towns · #1 AddinghamHealthiest towns91 towns · #1 BramhopeBest towns for jobs & income91 towns · #1 MenstonMost walkable towns91 towns · #1 Hebden BridgeTowns with the lowest flood risk91 towns · #1 Bramhope and 11 moreBest towns for the outdoors91 towns · #1 OtleyMost historic towns91 towns · #1 Hebden BridgeTowns with the most civic life91 towns · #1 MarsdenTowns with the highest household incomes91 towns · #1 MenstonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax91 towns · #1 Castleford and 5 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters91 towns · #1 CastlefordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers91 towns · #1 CastlefordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers91 towns · #1 MarsdenDescribed, no lettersDriest towns91 towns · #1 Holmfield and KnottingleyDescribed, no lettersWettest towns91 towns · #1 MarsdenDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the fewest frosts, 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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