Wilskerke climate — normals and trends
Wilskerke has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 10.8 °C annually with 834 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
WilskerkeFlanders
- coords
- 51.18°, 2.84°
- 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
10.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
834mm
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)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
42.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+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).
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
29.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-10.3 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
69 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
12.6 cm
28 December 1968
Sunniest day
16.0 h
18 June 1940
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 | 6.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 108 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 54 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 9.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 7 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 18 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 54 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 19.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 88 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 38 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 103 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 105 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 45 mm | -42 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.
Wilskerke (Belgium) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 834 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 (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Wilskerke averages 12 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Wilskerke 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.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wilskerke?
Wilskerke has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 834 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wilskerke?
The hottest day measured in Wilskerke between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 29.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wilskerke?
The coldest day measured in Wilskerke between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -10.3 °C.
Does it snow in Wilskerke?
Yes. Wilskerke gets on average 11.5 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Wilskerke warmed?
Yes: Wilskerke warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wilskerke?
The wettest day measured in Wilskerke between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1996, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wilskerke?
The windiest day measured in Wilskerke between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 85.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wilskerke?
The warmest month in Wilskerke is August (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is February (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Wilskerke?
Wilskerke receives on average 834 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wilskerke?
Wilskerke 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 Wilskerke?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wilskerke between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1968, with 12.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wilskerke?
Yes: Wilskerke has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wilskerke?
In Wilskerke, 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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