About eggleston 

The village of Eggleston is located on the B6278 between Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale. The village name has had several spelling adjustments over the years from 'Eggleston' (current), but previously we had an 'e' at the end 'Egglestone' (with no relation to abbey with the same name several miles away) and if we go back to old English we were known as 'Eglestone'. The village has been here since 2500BC and we continue to thrive with an active community in our village hall and church. We host multiple yearly events that we welcome visitors to share and contribute (if you want!). Eggleston is situated within a 'microclimate' that is largely given by the protection offered by the Pennines which help to govern our weather.

Below are some weather statistics from 2022 of our village:

Average Temperature.

Our warm summer generally lasts for about three months from June to September with temperatures above 15 degrees celcius. Our climate is reasonably warm with temperatures somewhere over 18 degrees for a lot of the daylight hours.

Average Rainfall.

Rainfall tends to be highest in October with over 60mm being collected, where as in February the average is only around 35mm. Due to our proximity to the Pennines we generally get short heavy bursts of rain with few days being rainy all the time. Generally the weather is good.

Average Windspeed.

Eggleston can be fairly windy between October and March, with average windspeeds of around 20kph for five months of the year. Winter storms substantially increase this of course with January generally being the worst month- refreshing! For the other seven months were fairly quiet with an average of 16kph winds, which is a nice breeze on a summer day.

Average Snowfall.

Snow seems like a glorious past time, but here in Eggleston it does still snow occasionlly! The best time of year for it is the end of November to early March with January being the most likely to receive the white stuff at a depth of two and a quarter inches (about 60mm). Roads are generally well gritted but don't try and get across the moor via the Roman road to Stanhope! (it can get deep up there!)

These graphs are kindly supplied by weatherspark.com and the map, google.com