Middelkerke climate — normals and trends
Middelkerke (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 831 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 August (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is February (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Middelkerke averages 12 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Middelkerke has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.3 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -10.3 °C (on 2 February 1956).
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
MiddelkerkeFlanders
- coords
- 51.19°, 2.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
831mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
30.5km/h
Seasonal range
12.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
42.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
29.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-10.3 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
70 mm
29 August 1996
Windiest day
85.3 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
127.1 km/h
27 October 2002
Hottest feels-like
31.9 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-18.1 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
28 December 1968
Sunniest day
16.0 h
18 June 1940
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 | 6.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 108 mm | +34 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 54 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 9.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 54 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 20.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 86 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 103 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 105 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Middelkerke?
Middelkerke has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 831 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Middelkerke?
The hottest day measured in Middelkerke between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 29.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Middelkerke?
The coldest day measured in Middelkerke between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -10.3 °C.
Does it snow in Middelkerke?
Yes. Middelkerke gets on average 11.4 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Middelkerke warmed?
Yes: Middelkerke warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Middelkerke?
The wettest day measured in Middelkerke between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1996, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Middelkerke?
The windiest day measured in Middelkerke between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 85.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Middelkerke?
The warmest month in Middelkerke is August (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Middelkerke?
Middelkerke receives on average 831 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Middelkerke?
Middelkerke gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Middelkerke?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Middelkerke between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1968, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Middelkerke?
Yes: Middelkerke has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Middelkerke?
In Middelkerke, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.9 °C on 27 July 2018, and the lowest was -18.1 °C on 1 February 1956.
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