Climate
Along with the rest of the East of England, King's Lynn has a temperate climate. The annual mean daytime temperature is approximately 14 °C (57 °F). January is the coldest month with mean minimum temperatures between 0 to 1 °C (32 to 33.8 °F). July and August are the warmest months, with mean daily maximum temperatures of approximately 21 °C (70 °F).
Two met office weather stations are in close proximity to Kings Lynn, Terrington St Clement, about 4 miles to the west of the town centre, and RAF Marham, about 10 miles due south south east.
The absolute maximum temperature at Terrington stands at 35.1c (95.2f) recorded in August 2003, though in a more average year the warmest day will only reach 29.4c (84.9f), with 13.8 days in total attaining a temperature of 25.1c (77.2f) or more. Typically all these figures are marginally cooler than the southern half of the fens due to the not uncommon presence of an onshore sea breeze, and occasional haar/sea fog, particularly in early summer and late spring. However, with a strong enough offshore breeze, the area can be notably warm. Terrington (along with Cambridge Botanical Gardens) achieved the national highest temperature of 2007, 30.1c (86.2f)
The absolute minimum at Terrington is -15.4c (4.3f), set in January 1979. A total of 41.6 nights will report an air frost at Terrington and 51.9 nights at Marham.
Annual rainfall totals 621mm at Marham, and 599mm at Terrington, with 1mm or more falling on 115 and 113 days, respectively. All averages refer to the 30 year observation period 1971-2000.
| Climate data for Terrington St Clement, elevation 2m, 1971-2000, extremes 1960- | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
35.1 (95.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
13.58 (56.45) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.76 (42.36) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 54.65 (2.1516) |
36.43 (1.4343) |
46.75 (1.8406) |
42.73 (1.6823) |
47.97 (1.8886) |
51.13 (2.013) |
45.73 (1.8004) |
54.53 (2.1469) |
53.51 (2.1067) |
55.07 (2.1681) |
57.86 (2.278) |
52.44 (2.0646) |
598.79 (23.5744) |
| Source: KNMI | |||||||||||||
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