Torquay: Town in Devon, England
Torquay (pronounced: tor-KEE) is a coastal town in Devon, South West England.
It is perhaps most famous as birthplace of writer Agatha Christie and setting of the TV show, Fawlty Towers.
Climate
- Torquay has one of the smallest average temperature ranges in Britain. It also has one of the mildest Winters in Britain.
- The warmest temperature recorded was 33.0 °C (91.4 °F) on 28 June 1976.
- The coldest temperature recorded was −16.5 °C (2.3 °F) on 26 December (Boxing Day) 2010.
- The warmest nighttime temperature was 19.0 °C (66.2 °F) on 7 August 2003.
- The coldest daytime temperature was −4.8 °C (23.4 °F) on 12 January 1987.
- The town is one of the sunniest areas of the south-west.
- Fog is most common during September.
- Hail is most common during March.
- Thunder is most common during June.
- Tornadoes are extremely rare, but there is a 0.08 % chance of one during June and September.
| Climate data for Torquay | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 33.0 (91.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 10.9 (51.6) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 15.2 (59.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.7 (38.7) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.4 (43.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.2 (46.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) | −10.5 (13.1) | −7.2 (19.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.0 (28.4) | −1.0 (30.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | 1.9 (35.4) | −1.1 (30.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −6.0 (21.2) | −16.5 (2.3) | −16.5 (2.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 95.2 (3.75) | 71.8 (2.83) | 69.4 (2.73) | 58.4 (2.30) | 58.8 (2.31) | 50.5 (1.99) | 45.5 (1.79) | 54.1 (2.13) | 57.5 (2.26) | 94.3 (3.71) | 89.1 (3.51) | 102.9 (4.05) | 847.5 (33.36) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 3.6 (1.4) | 7.4 (2.9) | 1.0 (0.4) | 1.0 (0.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 3.8 (1.5) | 4.3 (1.7) | 101.1 (39.8) | 43.2 (17.0) | 165.4 (65.1) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.9 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 122.1 |
| Average snowy days | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 64.7 | 83.5 | 122.6 | 186.3 | 217.5 | 222.4 | 225.0 | 209.6 | 160.6 | 110.6 | 84.0 | 60.4 | 1,747.2 |
| Source 1: Met Office (averages) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Voodoo Skies (extremes) | |||||||||||||
References
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