Bingley - Climate

Climate

As with all of the United Kingdom, Bingley experiences a maritime climate, characterised cool to mild weather, with often cloudy and damp conditions. This is amplified by Bingley's hilly northern situation. The nearest official met office weather station for which data is available is 'Bingley No. 2", actually located a couple of miles south of the town centre and at a relatively high 262 metres above sea level - More elevated than all of the urbanized area of Bingley. It is therefore likely that temperatures in central Bingley, at as little as 80 metres above sea level, tend to be 1 to 1.5c milder year round - though on cold clear nights this may be reversed as a temperature inversion takes hold.

The highest temperature recorded since 1980 at Bingley was 31.6c(88.9f) during August 1990. More recently the temperature fell to -10.8c(12.6f) on 20 December 2010.

Climate data for Bingley No.2, elevation 262 metres (860 ft), 1971–2000
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 5.1
(41.2)
5.2
(41.4)
7.5
(45.5)
9.9
(49.8)
13.8
(56.8)
16.3
(61.3)
18.8
(65.8)
18.4
(65.1)
15.5
(59.9)
11.8
(53.2)
8.0
(46.4)
6.1
(43.0)
11.37
(52.46)
Average low °C (°F) 0.2
(32.4)
0.1
(32.2)
1.4
(34.5)
2.7
(36.9)
5.4
(41.7)
8.3
(46.9)
10.7
(51.3)
10.5
(50.9)
8.5
(47.3)
5.7
(42.3)
2.7
(36.9)
1.2
(34.2)
4.78
(40.61)
Source: YR.NO

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