Amel climate — normals and trends
Amel (Belgium) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 959 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Amel averages 87 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 165 rainy days per year.
Amel has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 104 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -24.1 °C (on 14 February 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AmelWallonia
- coords
- 50.35°, 6.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
959mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
165 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-24.1 °C
14 February 1940
Wettest day
82 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
58.1 km/h
25 May 1967
Strongest gust
132.8 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-29.4 °C
14 February 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.4 h
1 July 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 160 mm | +77 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 47 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 10 mm | -65 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 66 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 58 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 80 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 140 mm | +51 mm |
| Aug | 22.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -51 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 144 mm | +71 mm |
| Oct | 11.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 109 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 61 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 36 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Amel?
Amel has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 959 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amel?
The hottest day measured in Amel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Amel?
The coldest day measured in Amel between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Amel?
Yes. Amel gets on average 86.1 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Amel warmed?
Yes: Amel warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Amel?
The wettest day measured in Amel between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Amel?
The windiest day measured in Amel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1967, with winds reaching 58.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Amel?
The warmest month in Amel is July (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Amel?
Amel receives on average 959 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 165 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Amel?
Amel gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Amel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Amel between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Amel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Amel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amel?
In Amel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -29.4 °C on 14 February 1940.
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