Schulen climate — normals and trends
Schulen has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 10.4 °C annually with 768 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
SchulenFlanders
- coords
- 50.96°, 5.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
768mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
49 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
41.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-22.6 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
47 mm
29 August 1996
Windiest day
56.0 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-28.3 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
10.0 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
15.7 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 151 mm | +86 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 37 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 13 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 44 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 51 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 69 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 86 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 30 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 83 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 75 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -36 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Schulen (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 768 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Schulen averages 49 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Schulen 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 65 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -22.6 °C (on 27 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Schulen?
Schulen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 768 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Schulen?
The hottest day measured in Schulen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Schulen?
The coldest day measured in Schulen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -22.6 °C.
Does it snow in Schulen?
Yes. Schulen gets on average 18.5 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.
Has the climate of Schulen warmed?
Yes: Schulen warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Schulen?
The wettest day measured in Schulen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1996, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Schulen?
The windiest day measured in Schulen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Schulen?
The warmest month in Schulen is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Schulen?
Schulen receives on average 768 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Schulen?
Schulen gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Schulen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Schulen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 10.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Schulen?
Yes: Schulen has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Schulen?
In Schulen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -28.3 °C on 27 January 1942.
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