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Typical historical weather for Oxford, United States, averaged across 10 years of hourly climate data. Pick a date for a specific day.

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Annual average

12.8°C

across all months

Warmest month

29.2°C

Jul average high

Coolest month

-4.2°C

Jan average low

Annual rainfall

1163mm

total per year

Oxford is typically hottest in July and coolest in January, a swing of about 33.4°C across the year. About 30% of annual rainfall falls in the three wettest months (March is typically wettest, September driest).

Monthly averages

Average daily high/low temperature (band) and monthly rainfall (bars).

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high Avg low Rainfall
MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysHumidityWindCloudSolar
Jan3°C · record 9.2°C19.9°C-4.2°C · record -26.7°C-7.8°C88mm1074%3.7 m/s72%2 kWh/m²
Feb6.9°C · record 16.4°C24.4°C-2.2°C · record -16.6°C-10.2°C104mm1171%3.7 m/s68%2.9 kWh/m²
Mar12.3°C · record 14.9°C25.5°C2.2°C · record -13.8°C-4.4°C122mm1264%3.8 m/s64%4 kWh/m²
Apr17.4°C · record 25°C28.9°C6.9°C · record -4.7°C0.7°C114mm1364%3.7 m/s64%5.1 kWh/m²
May22.9°C · record 28.9°C33°C13.2°C · record -0.6°C8.2°C118mm1468%3.1 m/s65%5.6 kWh/m²
Jun27.7°C · record 31.8°C34.1°C18°C · record 6.6°C13.8°C104mm1267%2.8 m/s56%6.4 kWh/m²
Jul29.2°C · record 31.3°C34°C20.3°C · record 12.7°C18.3°C109mm1272%2.4 m/s55%6.2 kWh/m²
Aug28.2°C · record 31.8°C34.4°C18.8°C · record 8.7°C14.4°C88mm1173%2.4 m/s53%5.6 kWh/m²
Sep26.2°C · record 30.2°C33.6°C15.3°C · record 5.5°C10.8°C70mm870%2.6 m/s46%4.7 kWh/m²
Oct19.5°C · record 24.7°C33.6°C8.9°C · record -4.1°C3.3°C77mm970%3.2 m/s51%3.4 kWh/m²
Nov11.4°C · record 15.5°C26.4°C2.1°C · record -14.6°C-2.8°C82mm870%3.4 m/s58%2.3 kWh/m²
Dec6.2°C · record 15.2°C19.3°C-1.4°C · record -22.7°C-6°C87mm1175%3.5 m/s70%1.7 kWh/m²

"Avg high"/"Avg low" is the mean daily high/low for that month, averaged across every year on file. The "record" figure alongside it is a different statistic — the single hottest (or coldest) hour ever recorded during that month across all years — so it can sit above or below the average and does not describe the average's year-to-year spread. A "wet day" is any day with at least 1.0mm of rain.

Year to year

Annual average temperature, 2016–2025.

20162018202020222024

Across these 10 years, the annual average has moved by about +0.1°C per decade. That’s a short window for a reliable long-term climate trend — treat it as indicative, not definitive.

Annual rainfall has moved by about -203.72mm per decade over the same period.

2025 (the most recent year on file) averaged 12.3°C, below the 9-year baseline of 12.9°C by 1.55 standard deviations.

Typical extremes per year

Rainy days

131.9 days

≥1.0mm rain

Heavy rain days

13 days

≥20mm rain

Extreme heat days

0 days

daily high ≥40°C

Frost days

86.6 days

daily low ≤0°C

Averaged across 10 years on file. Thresholds match PastClimate's data pipeline definitions — see data & sources.

Records on file

Ranked across 10 years of data currently on file (2016–2025).

Hottest day

34.5°C

28 August 2024

2024 was 2.07 SD above the 9-year average that year

Coldest day

-26.7°C

2 January 2018

2018 was 0.99 SD below the 9-year average that year

Wettest day

70.3mm

1 November 2018

2018 was 0.99 SD below the 9-year average that year

Windiest day

9.3m/s

24 February 2019

2019 was 0.69 SD below the 9-year average that year

See the detail: Oxford on 1 November 2018.

Frequently asked questions about Oxford's climate

What is the hottest month in Oxford?

July is typically the warmest month in Oxford, with an average high of 29.2°C. January is typically the coolest, averaging -4.2°C overnight.

How much does it rain in Oxford?

Oxford gets about 1163mm of rain a year on average, with roughly 30% of it falling in the three wettest months (March is typically the wettest, September the driest).

How many extremely hot or cold days does Oxford have?

On average, Oxford sees about 0 day(s) a year at or above 40°C and about 86.6 day(s) at or below 0°C, based on 10 years of data.

Is Oxford getting warmer?

Across the 10 years on file (2016–2025), the annual average temperature has moved by about +0.06°C per decade. That's a short window for a reliable long-term climate trend — treat it as indicative, not definitive.

What is the hottest day on record for Oxford?

The hottest day on file is 28 August 2024 at 34.5°C, out of 10 year(s) searched.

Data & provenance

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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
Source
ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
Data type
Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
Coverage
2016–2025 (10 years) for United States
Location
Oxford — 39.500°, -84.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 0.9 km from requested point
Time zone
America/New_York
What's shown here
Monthly and annual averages, and dated extreme-value records, derived from an hourly base record.
Spatial resolution
0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
Version / refreshed
Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
Limitations
A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
Attribution
Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information

Cite this data

Plain text
PastClimate (2026-07-18). Historical climate data for Oxford, United States (39.50°N, 84.75°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
APA
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Oxford, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
MLA
"Historical Climate Data for Oxford, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
BibTeX
@misc{pastclimate,
  author = {PastClimate},
  title = {Historical climate data for Oxford, United States},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-18},
  url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}

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