Stene climate — normals and trends
Stene (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 815 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Stene averages 17 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Stene 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 27 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 22 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.
Climate normals · ERA5
SteneFlanders
- coords
- 51.20°, 2.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
9.1°C
Annual rainfall
815mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
28.2km/h
Seasonal range
13.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
17 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
31.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
76 mm
29 August 1996
Windiest day
80.6 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-19.1 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
11 December 2017
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 | 6.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 103 mm | +33 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 49 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 5 mm | -51 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 18 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 19.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 55 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 20.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 95 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 43 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 96 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 86 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 41 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stene?
Stene has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stene?
The hottest day measured in Stene between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stene?
The coldest day measured in Stene between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Stene?
Yes. Stene gets on average 11.7 cm of snow per year and has around 17 frost days.
Has the climate of Stene warmed?
Yes: Stene warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stene?
The wettest day measured in Stene between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1996, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stene?
The windiest day measured in Stene between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 80.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stene?
The warmest month in Stene is August (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Stene?
Stene receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stene?
Stene gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Stene?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stene between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2017, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stene?
Yes: Stene has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stene?
In Stene, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 27 July 2018, and the lowest was -19.1 °C on 1 February 1956.
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