Climate - Stoke On Trent (England)

The climate in Stoke-on-Trent and in the nearby city of Newcastle-under-Lyme is oceanic, with quite cold winters and mild summers, and with frequent rains all year round.
The city is located in west-central England, in Staffordshire, in an area of low hills. To the north-west, we find the Cheshire plain, where the wind from the Irish Sea is channeled between the Welsh mountains to the west and the Pennines to the east.
Winter is not very cold, but the sky is often cloudy, the humidity is high and there are periods when the wind blows moderate or strong. The rains are frequent.
On the coldest nights of the year, the temperature generally drops to around -5 °C (23 °F), but can sometimes drop to lower values. The lowest record is -13 °C (8.5 °F), set in January 1979, December 1981, January 1982 and February 1991.
In summer, temperatures are generally mild or cool. The rains are quite frequent even in this season.
Sometimes, there can be hot days, although less often than in south-central England. Sometimes, the temperature does not reach 30 °C (86 °F) for a whole summer. The highest record is 33 °C (91.5 °F), set in August 1990.
The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 3.7 °C (39 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 15.8 °C (60 °F). Here are the average temperatures.

Precipitation amounts to 805 millimeters (31.7 inches) per year: so, it is at an intermediate level. It ranges from 50 mm (2 in) in the driest month (February) to 85 mm (3.3 in) in the wettest (October). Here is the average precipitation.

On average, there are around 1,380 sunshine hours per year. So, the sun doesn't shine often. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.

Best Time

The best time to visit Stoke-on-Trent is the summer, or more generally from mid-May to mid-September: temperatures are generally good for outdoors activities, although it's better to bring an umbrella, and a sweatshirt or sweater for the evening or for cool days.