Climate and average weather in Barrow in Furness
In Barrow in Furness, the summers are mild, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, windy, and mostly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Barrow in Furness typically varies from 5°C to 17°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 20°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while February is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Barrow in Furness for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.
- Hottest
- Aug
- 17°
- Coldest
- Feb
- 5°
- Wettest
- Nov
- 169 mm
- Driest
- Apr
- 75 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1441 mm
- 192 wet days
- Daylight
- 7.1–16.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 17 m
- 54.1°N
- Clearest
- May
- 62% cloud
Barrow in Furness is town and seaport in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.
- Density
- 713/km²
- people per km²
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Barrow in Furness weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to late September.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Barrow in Furness, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 14 to September 30, with daily high temperatures above 15°C. The hottest month of the year in Barrow in Furness is August, with an average high of 17°C and low of 15°C.
The cool season lasts 4.1 months, from December 4 to April 7, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Barrow in Furness is February, with an average low of 5°C and high of 7°C.
Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Avg low (°C) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | 5 |
| Feb | 7 | 5 |
| Mar | 8 | 5 |
| Apr | 10 | 7 |
| May | 12 | 10 |
| Jun | 15 | 13 |
| Jul | 17 | 15 |
| Aug | 17 | 15 |
| Sep | 16 | 13 |
| Oct | 13 | 11 |
| Nov | 10 | 8 |
| Dec | 8 | 6 |
How hot and cold Barrow in Furness really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -0°C (around February 2), with roughly 39 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Air high (°C) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Air low (°C) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Feb | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Mar | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Apr | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| May | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| Jun | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| Jul | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| Aug | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| Sep | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| Oct | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| Nov | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| Dec | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
Average hourly temperature in Barrow in Furness
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 17°C, and coldest before dawn in February, near 5°C.
Barrow in Furness weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7° / 5° | 134 | 18 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 7° / 5° | 105 | 15.3 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 8° / 5° | 95 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 10° / 7° | 75 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 13.7 | 1.9 |
| May | 12° / 10° | 79 | 12.8 | 0 | 15.7 | 3.1 |
| Jun | 15° / 13° | 89 | 13.5 | 0 | 16.8 | 4.0 |
| Jul | 17° / 15° | 106 | 16.3 | 0 | 16.4 | 4.5 |
| Aug | 17° / 15° | 130 | 17.1 | 0 | 14.6 | 4.5 |
| Sep | 16° / 13° | 128 | 15.7 | 0 | 12.5 | 4.1 |
| Oct | 13° / 11° | 164 | 18.4 | 0 | 10.2 | 3.0 |
| Nov | 10° / 8° | 169 | 19.2 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 8° / 6° | 166 | 18.6 | 0.3 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Barrow in Furness gets about 1441 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.3 months, from around Sep 22 to Jan 29, peaking in November at about 68% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 15.
November is the wettest month by volume, with 169 mm over about 19 wet days; April is the driest, with 75 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 58 | 54 | 49 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 59 | 65 | 60 |
| Rain days | 18 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 18 |
| Feb | 54 | 15 |
| Mar | 49 | 15 |
| Apr | 41 | 12 |
| May | 42 | 13 |
| Jun | 45 | 14 |
| Jul | 52 | 16 |
| Aug | 55 | 17 |
| Sep | 53 | 16 |
| Oct | 59 | 18 |
| Nov | 65 | 19 |
| Dec | 60 | 19 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Barrow in Furness collects about 1441 mm of rain across 192 wet days — roughly 120 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 169 mm, while April is the driest at just 75 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 134 | 105 | 95 | 75 | 79 | 89 | 106 | 130 | 128 | 164 | 169 | 166 |
| Rain days | 18 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Snow days | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 134 | 18 | 0 |
| Feb | 105 | 15 | 1 |
| Mar | 95 | 15 | 1 |
| Apr | 75 | 12 | 0 |
| May | 79 | 13 | 0 |
| Jun | 89 | 14 | 0 |
| Jul | 106 | 16 | 0 |
| Aug | 130 | 17 | 0 |
| Sep | 128 | 16 | 0 |
| Oct | 164 | 18 | 0 |
| Nov | 169 | 19 | 0 |
| Dec | 166 | 19 | 0 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Barrow in Furness, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around March 28 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around September 11. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around September 12 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around March 27. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 71% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 31 | 32 | 33 | 39 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 30 |
| Cloudier (%) | 69 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 56 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 70 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 69 |
| Feb | 32 | 68 |
| Mar | 33 | 67 |
| Apr | 39 | 61 |
| May | 44 | 56 |
| Jun | 41 | 59 |
| Jul | 40 | 60 |
| Aug | 40 | 60 |
| Sep | 34 | 66 |
| Oct | 29 | 71 |
| Nov | 31 | 69 |
| Dec | 30 | 70 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 16 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 7 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 9 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 7.7 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 8:33 | 7:46 | 6:39 | 5:21 | 4:17 | 3:47 | 4:06 | 4:57 | 5:54 | 6:51 | 7:52 | 8:35 |
| Sunset (PM) | 4:12 | 5:09 | 6:06 | 7:06 | 8:01 | 8:39 | 8:31 | 7:37 | 6:20 | 5:04 | 4:04 | 3:43 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 | 8:33 | 4:12 |
| Feb | 9.4 | 7:46 | 5:09 |
| Mar | 11.5 | 6:39 | 6:06 |
| Apr | 13.7 | 5:21 | 7:06 |
| May | 15.7 | 4:17 | 8:01 |
| Jun | 16.8 | 3:47 | 8:39 |
| Jul | 16.4 | 4:06 | 8:31 |
| Aug | 14.6 | 4:57 | 7:37 |
| Sep | 12.5 | 5:54 | 6:20 |
| Oct | 10.2 | 6:51 | 5:04 |
| Nov | 8.3 | 7:52 | 4:04 |
| Dec | 7.2 | 8:35 | 3:43 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Barrow in Furness averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 8 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around Mar 22 to Aug 5. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 8 sunny days (gloomy).
The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 5 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 5 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 7 | Gloomy |
| May | 8 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 6 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 6 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 6 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 5 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 4 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 4 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 4 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Barrow in Furness, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 7% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 86 | 59 | 56 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 99 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun | 86 | 14 | 0 |
| Jul | 59 | 36 | 5 |
| Aug | 56 | 37 | 7 |
| Sep | 78 | 20 | 1 |
| Oct | 95 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Barrow in Furness is typically breezy, near 25 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Sep 25 to Mar 20. The windiest month is January, averaging about 29 km/h (windy).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 21 to Sep 24, with June the calmest month at about 20 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 29 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 29 |
| Feels | windy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | windy |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | windy |
| Feb | 28 | breezy |
| Mar | 25 | breezy |
| Apr | 22 | breezy |
| May | 21 | breezy |
| Jun | 20 | breezy |
| Jul | 21 | breezy |
| Aug | 22 | breezy |
| Sep | 24 | breezy |
| Oct | 27 | breezy |
| Nov | 29 | breezy |
| Dec | 29 | windy |
Best time to visit Barrow in Furness
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Barrow in Furness throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid September, Barrow in Furness is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Barrow in Furness for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to late September, with a peak score in the last week of July.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | fair | fair | fair | poor | poor | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.8 | poor |
| Feb | 0.7 | poor |
| Mar | 1.0 | poor |
| Apr | 1.9 | poor |
| May | 3.1 | poor |
| Jun | 4.0 | fair |
| Jul | 4.5 | fair |
| Aug | 4.5 | fair |
| Sep | 4.1 | fair |
| Oct | 3.0 | poor |
| Nov | 1.8 | poor |
| Dec | 1.1 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Barrow in Furness rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Barrow in Furness, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 17°C), the essentials are a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. In the cold season around February (highs near 7°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker.
In August, Barrow in Furness sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Barrow in Furness
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.
The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| Comfort | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Cool | Cool | Cool | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | Bracing |
| Feb | 6 | Bracing |
| Mar | 7 | Bracing |
| Apr | 9 | Bracing |
| May | 11 | Bracing |
| Jun | 14 | Bracing |
| Jul | 16 | Cool |
| Aug | 17 | Cool |
| Sep | 16 | Cool |
| Oct | 13 | Bracing |
| Nov | 11 | Bracing |
| Dec | 9 | Bracing |
UV index (midday) in Barrow in Furness by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barrow in Furness peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Level | Low | Low | Moderate | Moderate | High | High | High | High | Moderate | Low | Low | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | Low |
| Feb | 1 | Low |
| Mar | 3 | Moderate |
| Apr | 3 | Moderate |
| May | 6 | High |
| Jun | 5 | High |
| Jul | 5 | High |
| Aug | 6 | High |
| Sep | 3 | Moderate |
| Oct | 2 | Low |
| Nov | 1 | Low |
| Dec | 0 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Barrow in Furness
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 6.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 2 | 0 |
| May | 6.5 | 0 |
| Jun | 7 | 0 |
| Jul | 7 | 0 |
| Aug | 6.5 | 0 |
| Sep | 2.5 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
Barrow in Furness is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 99 | 0 |
| Feb | 99 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 99 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Barrow in Furness banks about 697 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 110 | 172 | 183 | 134 | 63 | 2 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 33 |
| Jun | 110 |
| Jul | 172 |
| Aug | 183 |
| Sep | 134 |
| Oct | 63 |
| Nov | 2 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Barrow in Furness receives about 2.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.5 and 5.4 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is December, down near 0.5 kWh/m² — roughly 91% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Level | Dim | Dim | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Dim | Dim | Dim |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 | Dim |
| Feb | 1.3 | Dim |
| Mar | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Apr | 4.1 | Bright |
| May | 5.2 | Bright |
| Jun | 5.4 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.1 | Bright |
| Aug | 4.2 | Bright |
| Sep | 2.9 | Moderate |
| Oct | 1.6 | Dim |
| Nov | 0.8 | Dim |
| Dec | 0.5 | Dim |
Where is Barrow in Furness?
Barrow in Furness sits at 54.1°N, 3.2°W, 17 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Heysham, 23 km away.
Topography around Barrow in Furness
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Barrow in Furness.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Barrow in Furness has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.
The land around Barrow in Furness is covered by water (32%), artificial surfaces (30%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, water (73%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (41%) within 80 km.
United Kingdom travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type D / G / M
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 89% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $57,602
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.7 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 100%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 1.1
- per 100k, 2021
- Road deaths
- 3.2
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Barrow in Furness (54.1109°, -3.2276°, elevation 17 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).