Weather in Fife

Calculated from weather data of Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.9	6.7	7.7	8.1	4.0	8.5
February	8.1	9.0	9.4	8.5	6.9	7.7
March	9.4	9.4	9.1	11.4	10.3	9.1
April	11.7		11.4	12.1	11.0	12.3
May	15.3		15.6	15.5	12.9	16.1
June	17.7		18.8	18.1	18.1	17.1
July	19.5		18.6	21.1	20.3	17.8
August	18.6		18.8	19.8	18.8	17.6
September	16.7		18.1	17.3	17.6	16.1
October	13.1		12.9	14.0	13.5	12.5
November	9.5		8.9	10.8	10.5	10.6
December	7.1		8.0	4.5	7.2	6.9
Average	12.3	8.3	13.1	13.7	12.6	12.7

71st highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.2	1	2	3	-1	4
February	1.8	3	3	2	1	1
March	2.2	3	2	1	3	2
April	2.8		3	4	0	3
May	6.2		7	8	5	6
June	9.7		11	9	10	10
July	11.2		11	12	12	10
August	10.9		12	11	11	12
September	8.6		10	9	10	8
October	6.4		7	8	7	6
November	3.4		3	5	4	5
December	1.5		3	-2	2	2
Average	5.1	2.3	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.7

13th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	2	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	1	7	1	2
20 °C or warmer	0	29	33	28	18
0 °C or colder	18	53	40	52	30

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.9	14	19	7	25	20
February	20.8	20	13	26	32	34
March	16.8	25	19	10	11	13
April	9.8		12	10	9	3
May	11.4		7	14	20	8
June	11.8		10	9	5	18
July	13.5		16	9	9	19
August	13.4		6	13	11	19
September	12.2		16	11	8	10
October	19.9		24	22	27	24
November	17.1		16	22	9	15
December	21.1		30	13	22	23
Average	15.0	20.2	14.4	13.0	14.0	16.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.3	17	18	20	13	25
February	21.0	20	18	25	23	27
March	18.5	18	15	14	20	20
April	16.6		15	16	14	19
May	15.6		13	19	13	17
June	16.3		16	18	16	15
July	15.1		16	17	12	16
August	15.6		15	16	12	15
September	16.0		16	14	14	17
October	18.2		19	21	17	14
November	15.2		11	17	17	17
December	15.5		18	10	14	14
Average	16.8	18.3	15.6	17.2	14.9	17.7

53rd highest wind speed of United Kingdom

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	SW	W	SW
February	SW	W	SW	S	SW
March	E	SW	SE	SW	SW
April		NE	NE	N	NE
May		N	SW	NE	W
June		NE	SW	W	E
July		W	W	N	W
August		SW	W	SW	E
September		SW	NW	SW	SW
October		SW	SW	SW	SW
November		W	SW	W	SW
December		SW	SW	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Fife weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Fife?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 20 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Fife?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 7 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Fife?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 21.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Fife?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in April. The probability is about 9.9 %.