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Climate for fruit trees in Colchester

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Annual climate averages


This locationLondonEdinburghCardiff
Length of growing season: 321 days332 days307 days340 days
Average minimum temperatures: 1 C2 C1 C3 C
Average maximum temperatures: 23 C23 C19 C21 C
Rainfall: 573 mm656 mm684 mm1022 mm
Sunshine hours: 1724 hours1705 hours1418 hours1655 hours

Monthly climate averages for this location

MonthAvg. Minimum temp.Avg. Maximum temp.RainfallSunshine hours
Jan2 C8 C41 mm (7.2%)68 hours  (3.9%)
Feb2 C8 C39 mm (6.8%)79 hours  (4.6%)
Mar3 C10 C39 mm (6.8%)109 hours  (6.3%)
Apr5 C14 C34 mm (5.9%)177 hours  (10.3%)
May8 C17 C51 mm (8.9%)211 hours  (12.2%)
Jun11 C21 C34 mm (5.9%)225 hours  (13.1%)
Jul13 C23 C53 mm (9.2%)218 hours  (12.6%)
Aug13 C23 C74 mm (12.9%)201 hours  (11.7%)
Sep11 C20 C40 mm (7.0%)176 hours  (10.2%)
Oct9 C16 C66 mm (11.5%)118 hours  (6.8%)
Nov5 C11 C57 mm (9.9%)82 hours  (4.8%)
Dec2 C8 C45 mm (7.9%)61 hours  (3.5%)


This weather data is mostly derived from averages for the period 2001-2006.