Weather in Fife

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

Maximum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	44.0	44.0	46.0	47.0	39.0	47.0
February	47.0	48.0	49.0	47.0	44.0	46.0
March	49.0	49.0	49.0	53.0	51.0	49.0
April	53.0		53.0	54.0	52.0	54.0
May	60.0		60.0	60.0	55.0	61.0
June	64.0		66.0	65.0	65.0	63.0
July	67.0		65.0	70.0	69.0	64.0
August	66.0		66.0	68.0	66.0	64.0
September	62.0		65.0	63.0	64.0	61.0
October	56.0		55.0	57.0	56.0	55.0
November	49.0		48.0	51.0	51.0	51.0
December	45.0		46.0	40.0	45.0	44.0
Average	54.0	47.0	56.0	57.0	55.0	55.0

71st highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.0	34	35	37	29	39
February	35.0	37	38	36	35	35
March	36.0	37	35	34	38	36
April	37.0		37	38	31	37
May	43.0		44	46	40	42
June	49.0		51	49	49	50
July	52.0		52	53	54	50
August	52.0		53	52	52	53
September	48.0		50	48	49	46
October	44.0		44	46	45	43
November	38.0		37	40	39	41
December	35.0		37	28	36	35
Average	41.0	36.0	43.0	43.0	42.0	42.0

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
86 °F or warmer	0	0	2	0	0
77 °F or warmer	0	1	7	1	2
68 °F or warmer	0	29	33	28	18
32 °F 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 (miles per hour)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.7	10	11	13	8	16
February	13.0	12	11	16	14	17
March	11.5	11	9	9	13	13
April	10.3		9	10	8	12
May	9.7		8	12	8	11
June	10.1		10	11	10	10
July	9.4		10	10	7	10
August	9.7		9	10	8	10
September	9.9		10	9	9	11
October	11.3		12	13	10	9
November	9.4		7	11	11	11
December	9.6		11	6	9	8
Average	10.4	11.3	9.7	10.7	9.2	11.0

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 67 °F over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Fife?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 44 °F 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 %.