Vance climate — normals and trends
Vance has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 8.6 °C annually with 910 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
VanceWallonia
- coords
- 49.67°, 5.67°
- 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
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
910mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
36.7 °C
27 June 2026
Coldest day
-19.7 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
64 mm
11 May 1970
Windiest day
56.2 km/h
24 November 1984
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
27 June 2026
Coldest feels-like
-25.9 °C
6 January 1947
Snowiest day
13.3 cm
19 March 1975
Sunniest day
15.4 h
1 July 2018
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 | 4.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 144 mm | +63 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 50 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 15 mm | -56 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 59 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 50 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 68 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 120 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 50 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 153 mm | +83 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 108 mm | +37 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 62 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 34 mm | -51 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.
Vance (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 910 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Vance averages 75 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Vance has warmed by +1.8 °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 92 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 27 June 2026) and the coldest -19.7 °C (on 22 January 1940).
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 Vance?
Vance has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 910 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vance?
The hottest day measured in Vance between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2026, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vance?
The coldest day measured in Vance between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -19.7 °C.
Does it snow in Vance?
Yes. Vance gets on average 52.2 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Vance warmed?
Yes: Vance warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vance?
The wettest day measured in Vance between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1970, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vance?
The windiest day measured in Vance between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1984, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vance?
The warmest month in Vance is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Vance?
Vance receives on average 910 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vance?
Vance 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 Vance?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vance between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1975, with 13.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vance?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vance.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vance?
In Vance, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 27 June 2026, and the lowest was -25.9 °C on 6 January 1947.
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