Days a year with an air frost, every council ranked
Days when the air falls below freezing, the average over thirty years, 1991 to 2020. Figures for 1991 to 2020, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: Isles of Scilly, 1. The council in the middle: Kirklees, 39. Highest: Perth and Kinross, 68.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 1 |
| 2 | TorbaySouth West | 12 |
| 3 joint | CornwallSouth West | 15 |
| 3 joint | ThanetSouth East | 15 |
| 5 joint | GosportSouth East | 17 |
| 5 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 17 |
| 5 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 17 |
| 5 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 17 |
| 9 joint | City of LondonLondon | 18 |
| 9 joint | HastingsSouth East | 18 |
| 9 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 18 |
| 9 joint | SwanseaWales | 18 |
| 13 | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 19 |
| 14 joint | IslingtonLondon | 20 |
| 14 joint | South HamsSouth West | 20 |
| 14 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 20 |
| 14 joint | WestminsterLondon | 20 |
| 18 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 21 |
| 18 joint | HackneyLondon | 21 |
| 18 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 21 |
| 21 joint | CamdenLondon | 22 |
| 21 joint | ConwyWales | 22 |
| 21 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 22 |
| 21 joint | NewhamLondon | 22 |
| 21 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 22 |
| 21 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 22 |
| 21 joint | WirralNorth West | 22 |
| 28 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 23 |
| 29 joint | DoverSouth East | 24 |
| 29 joint | FarehamSouth East | 24 |
| 29 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 24 |
| 29 joint | GwyneddWales | 24 |
| 29 joint | LambethLondon | 24 |
| 29 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 24 |
| 35 joint | HaringeyLondon | 25 |
| 35 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 25 |
| 35 joint | North DevonSouth West | 25 |
| 35 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 25 |
| 35 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 25 |
| 35 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 25 |
| 35 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 25 |
| 35 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 25 |
| 43 joint | GreenwichLondon | 26 |
| 43 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 26 |
| 43 joint | LewishamLondon | 26 |
| 43 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 26 |
| 43 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 26 |
| 43 joint | SalfordNorth West | 26 |
| 43 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 26 |
| 43 joint | TendringEast of England | 26 |
| 51 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 27 |
| 51 joint | CanterburySouth East | 27 |
| 51 joint | East DevonSouth West | 27 |
| 51 joint | EnfieldLondon | 27 |
| 51 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 27 |
| 51 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 27 |
| 51 joint | RotherSouth East | 27 |
| 51 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 27 |
| 51 joint | WandsworthLondon | 27 |
| 60 joint | ArunSouth East | 28 |
| 60 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 28 |
| 60 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 28 |
| 60 joint | LancasterNorth West | 28 |
| 60 joint | LewesSouth East | 28 |
| 60 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 28 |
| 60 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 28 |
| 60 joint | SeftonNorth West | 28 |
| 60 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 28 |
| 60 joint | SwaleSouth East | 28 |
| 60 joint | WorthingSouth East | 28 |
| 71 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 29 |
| 71 joint | NewportWales | 29 |
| 71 joint | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 29 |
| 74 joint | AdurSouth East | 30 |
| 74 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 30 |
| 74 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 30 |
| 74 joint | BrentLondon | 30 |
| 74 joint | BristolSouth West | 30 |
| 74 joint | DenbighshireWales | 30 |
| 74 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 30 |
| 74 joint | HounslowLondon | 30 |
| 74 joint | MertonLondon | 30 |
| 74 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 30 |
| 84 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 31 |
| 84 joint | HavantSouth East | 31 |
| 84 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 31 |
| 84 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 31 |
| 84 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 31 |
| 84 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 31 |
| 84 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 31 |
| 84 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 31 |
| 84 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 31 |
| 84 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 31 |
| 84 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 31 |
| 84 joint | TraffordNorth West | 31 |
| 84 joint | West DevonSouth West | 31 |
| 84 joint | WyreNorth West | 31 |
| 98 joint | BexleyLondon | 32 |
| 98 joint | BridgendWales | 32 |
| 98 joint | ExeterSouth West | 32 |
| 98 joint | InverclydeScotland | 32 |
| 98 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 32 |
| 98 joint | RochfordEast of England | 32 |
| 98 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 32 |
| 98 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 32 |
| 106 joint | BarnetLondon | 33 |
| 106 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 33 |
| 106 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 33 |
| 106 joint | HaltonNorth West | 33 |
| 106 joint | HaveringLondon | 33 |
| 106 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 33 |
| 106 joint | MedwaySouth East | 33 |
| 106 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 33 |
| 114 joint | CardiffWales | 34 |
| 114 joint | CroydonLondon | 34 |
| 114 joint | StockportNorth West | 34 |
| 114 joint | SuttonLondon | 34 |
| 114 joint | TamesideNorth West | 34 |
| 119 joint | BasildonEast of England | 35 |
| 119 joint | EalingLondon | 35 |
| 119 joint | East LothianScotland | 35 |
| 119 joint | EastleighSouth East | 35 |
| 119 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 35 |
| 119 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 35 |
| 119 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 35 |
| 119 joint | IpswichEast of England | 35 |
| 119 joint | MaldonEast of England | 35 |
| 119 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 35 |
| 119 joint | New ForestSouth East | 35 |
| 119 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 35 |
| 119 joint | SomersetSouth West | 35 |
| 119 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 35 |
| 119 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 35 |
| 134 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 36 |
| 134 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | BromleyLondon | 36 |
| 134 joint | BuryNorth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | CeredigionWales | 36 |
| 134 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | DartfordSouth East | 36 |
| 134 joint | DorsetSouth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 36 |
| 134 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 36 |
| 134 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 36 |
| 134 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 36 |
| 134 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 36 |
| 134 joint | WiganNorth West | 36 |
| 151 joint | AshfordSouth East | 37 |
| 151 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 37 |
| 151 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 37 |
| 151 joint | HillingdonLondon | 37 |
| 151 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 37 |
| 151 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 37 |
| 151 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 37 |
| 151 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 37 |
| 151 joint | OxfordSouth East | 37 |
| 160 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 38 |
| 160 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 38 |
| 160 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 38 |
| 160 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 38 |
| 160 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 38 |
| 160 joint | FyldeNorth West | 38 |
| 160 joint | HarrowLondon | 38 |
| 160 joint | NorwichEast of England | 38 |
| 160 joint | OldhamNorth West | 38 |
| 160 joint | PrestonNorth West | 38 |
| 160 joint | ReadingSouth East | 38 |
| 160 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 38 |
| 160 joint | SloughSouth East | 38 |
| 160 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 38 |
| 160 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 38 |
| 175 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 39 |
| 175 joint | BoltonNorth West | 39 |
| 175 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 39 |
| 175 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 39 |
| 175 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 39 |
| 175 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 39 |
| 175 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 39 |
| 175 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 39 |
| 175 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 39 |
| 175 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 39 |
| 175 joint | WealdenSouth East | 39 |
| 186 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 40 |
| 186 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 40 |
| 186 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 40 |
| 186 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 40 |
| 186 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 40 |
| 186 joint | FlintshireWales | 40 |
| 186 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 40 |
| 186 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 40 |
| 186 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 40 |
| 186 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 40 |
| 186 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 40 |
| 186 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 40 |
| 186 joint | StroudSouth West | 40 |
| 186 joint | SwindonSouth West | 40 |
| 186 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 40 |
| 186 joint | WatfordEast of England | 40 |
| 186 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 40 |
| 186 joint | WrexhamWales | 40 |
| 204 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 41 |
| 204 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 41 |
| 204 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 41 |
| 204 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 41 |
| 204 joint | FenlandEast of England | 41 |
| 204 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 41 |
| 204 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 41 |
| 204 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 41 |
| 204 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 41 |
| 204 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 41 |
| 204 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 41 |
| 204 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 41 |
| 204 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 41 |
| 217 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 42 |
| 217 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 42 |
| 217 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 42 |
| 217 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 42 |
| 217 joint | HarlowEast of England | 42 |
| 217 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 42 |
| 217 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 42 |
| 217 joint | LutonEast of England | 42 |
| 217 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 42 |
| 217 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 42 |
| 217 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 42 |
| 217 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 42 |
| 217 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 42 |
| 217 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 42 |
| 217 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 42 |
| 217 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 42 |
| 233 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 43 |
| 233 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 43 |
| 233 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 43 |
| 233 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 43 |
| 233 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 43 |
| 233 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 43 |
| 233 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 43 |
| 233 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 43 |
| 233 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 43 |
| 233 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 43 |
| 233 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 43 |
| 244 joint | BaberghEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | BedfordEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 44 |
| 244 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 44 |
| 244 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 44 |
| 244 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 44 |
| 244 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 44 |
| 244 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 44 |
| 244 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 44 |
| 244 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 44 |
| 244 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 44 |
| 244 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 44 |
| 244 joint | StevenageEast of England | 44 |
| 244 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 44 |
| 244 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 44 |
| 244 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 44 |
| 244 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 44 |
| 244 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 44 |
| 268 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 45 |
| 268 joint | CaerphillyWales | 45 |
| 268 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 45 |
| 268 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 45 |
| 268 joint | DacorumEast of England | 45 |
| 268 joint | FifeScotland | 45 |
| 268 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 45 |
| 268 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 45 |
| 268 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 45 |
| 268 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 45 |
| 268 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 45 |
| 268 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 45 |
| 268 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 45 |
| 268 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 45 |
| 268 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 45 |
| 268 joint | TorfaenWales | 45 |
| 268 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 45 |
| 268 joint | WokingSouth East | 45 |
| 268 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 45 |
| 287 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 46 |
| 287 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 46 |
| 287 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 46 |
| 287 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 46 |
| 287 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 46 |
| 287 joint | HorshamSouth East | 46 |
| 287 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 46 |
| 287 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 46 |
| 287 joint | PendleNorth West | 46 |
| 287 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 46 |
| 287 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 46 |
| 287 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 46 |
| 287 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 46 |
| 287 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 46 |
| 287 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 46 |
| 302 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 47 |
| 302 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 47 |
| 302 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 47 |
| 302 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 47 |
| 302 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 47 |
| 302 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 47 |
| 302 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 47 |
| 302 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 47 |
| 310 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 48 |
| 310 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 48 |
| 310 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 48 |
| 310 joint | CrawleySouth East | 48 |
| 310 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 48 |
| 310 joint | FalkirkScotland | 48 |
| 310 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 48 |
| 310 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 48 |
| 310 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 48 |
| 310 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 48 |
| 310 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 48 |
| 321 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 49 |
| 321 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 49 |
| 321 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 49 |
| 321 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 49 |
| 321 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 49 |
| 321 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 49 |
| 321 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 49 |
| 321 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 49 |
| 321 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 49 |
| 330 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 50 |
| 330 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 50 |
| 330 joint | HartSouth East | 50 |
| 330 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 50 |
| 330 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 50 |
| 330 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 50 |
| 330 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 50 |
| 337 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 51 |
| 337 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 51 |
| 337 joint | MorayScotland | 51 |
| 337 joint | PowysWales | 51 |
| 337 joint | StirlingScotland | 51 |
| 342 joint | AngusScotland | 52 |
| 342 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 52 |
| 342 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 52 |
| 342 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 52 |
| 342 joint | WaverleySouth East | 52 |
| 347 | RushmoorSouth East | 53 |
| 348 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 54 |
| 348 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 54 |
| 350 | CherwellSouth East | 55 |
| 351 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 56 |
| 351 joint | MidlothianScotland | 56 |
| 351 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 56 |
| 351 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 56 |
| 355 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 57 |
| 355 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 57 |
| 357 | East RenfrewshireScotland | 59 |
| 358 | HighlandScotland | 60 |
| 359 | Scottish BordersScotland | 62 |
| 360 | West LothianScotland | 65 |
| 361 | Perth and KinrossScotland | 68 |
Met Office, gridded climate observations, long term averages 1991 to 2020, through the Climate Data Portal, read at every census area · 1991 to 2020 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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