Paliseul climate — normals and trends
Paliseul (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 954 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Paliseul averages 70 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.
Paliseul 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 85 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 24 July 2019) and the coldest -21.8 °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
PaliseulWallonia
- coords
- 49.90°, 5.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
954mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
19.9km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
70 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
163 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 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 = 0.40 · 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
36.3 °C
24 July 2019
Coldest day
-21.8 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
52 mm
18 June 1966
Windiest day
58.0 km/h
24 November 1984
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.0 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
13 December 1952
Sunniest day
15.5 h
2 July 2006
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 167 mm | +83 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 50 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 15 mm | -61 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 51 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 53 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 87 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 110 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 36 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 143 mm | +73 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 111 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 67 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | -57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Paliseul?
Paliseul has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 954 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paliseul?
The hottest day measured in Paliseul between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2019, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Paliseul?
The coldest day measured in Paliseul between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -21.8 °C.
Does it snow in Paliseul?
Yes. Paliseul gets on average 53.9 cm of snow per year and has around 70 frost days.
Has the climate of Paliseul warmed?
Yes: Paliseul warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Paliseul?
The wettest day measured in Paliseul between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1966, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Paliseul?
The windiest day measured in Paliseul between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1984, with winds reaching 58.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Paliseul?
The warmest month in Paliseul is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Paliseul?
Paliseul receives on average 954 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Paliseul?
Paliseul 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 Paliseul?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Paliseul between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1952, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Paliseul?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Paliseul.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Paliseul?
In Paliseul, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -27.0 °C on 1 January 1979.
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