Forêt climate — normals and trends
Forêt (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 997 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Forêt averages 65 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.
Forêt has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 81 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -22.9 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
ForêtWallonia
- coords
- 50.58°, 5.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
997mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
65 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
171 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
38.2 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
79 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
58.4 km/h
24 November 1984
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.5 h
2 July 2006
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 | 3.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 179 mm | +88 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | -68 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 53 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 63 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 74 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 131 mm | +40 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 32 mm | -51 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 109 mm | +37 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 108 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 67 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 38 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Forêt?
Forêt has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 997 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Forêt?
The hottest day measured in Forêt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Forêt?
The coldest day measured in Forêt between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Forêt?
Yes. Forêt gets on average 63.0 cm of snow per year and has around 65 frost days.
Has the climate of Forêt warmed?
Yes: Forêt warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Forêt?
The wettest day measured in Forêt between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Forêt?
The windiest day measured in Forêt between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1984, with winds reaching 58.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Forêt?
The warmest month in Forêt is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Forêt?
Forêt receives on average 997 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Forêt?
Forêt gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Forêt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Forêt between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Forêt?
Yes: Forêt has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Forêt?
In Forêt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 1 January 1979.
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