Climate for fruit trees in Derby

Annual climate averages

	This location	London	Edinburgh	Cardiff
Length of growing season:	318 days	332 days	307 days	340 days
Average minimum temperatures:	1 C	2 C	1 C	3 C
Average maximum temperatures:	22 C	23 C	19 C	21 C
Rainfall:	654 mm	656 mm	684 mm	1022 mm
Sunshine hours:	1521 hours	1705 hours	1418 hours	1655 hours

Month	Avg. Minimum temp.	Avg. Maximum temp.	Rainfall	Sunshine hours
Jan	2 C	8 C	40 mm (6.1%)	53 hours (3.5%)
Feb	2 C	8 C	45 mm (6.9%)	82 hours (5.4%)
Mar	3 C	10 C	36 mm (5.5%)	108 hours (7.1%)
Apr	5 C	14 C	54 mm (8.3%)	150 hours (9.9%)
May	7 C	17 C	54 mm (8.3%)	197 hours (13.0%)
Jun	11 C	21 C	47 mm (7.2%)	193 hours (12.7%)
Jul	12 C	22 C	66 mm (10.1%)	194 hours (12.8%)
Aug	12 C	22 C	71 mm (10.9%)	178 hours (11.7%)
Sep	10 C	19 C	50 mm (7.6%)	150 hours (9.9%)
Oct	8 C	15 C	86 mm (13.1%)	96 hours (6.3%)
Nov	4 C	11 C	49 mm (7.5%)	68 hours (4.5%)
Dec	2 C	8 C	57 mm (8.7%)	54 hours (3.6%)

This weather data is mostly derived from averages for the period 2001-2006.