Bilgaard climate — normals and trends
Bilgaard (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 758 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Bilgaard averages 35 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Bilgaard 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 48 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -18.8 °C (on 13 February 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.
Climate normals · ERA5
BilgaardFriesland
- coords
- 53.22°, 5.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
758mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
26.2km/h
Seasonal range
14.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
35 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
43.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
34.0 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-18.8 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
15 September 1994
Windiest day
78.6 km/h
26 January 1990
Strongest gust
138.2 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
35.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.3 h
13 June 2023
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 | 5.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 59 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 31 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 10 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 24 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 37 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 74 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 84 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 34 mm | -45 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 111 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 85 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bilgaard?
Bilgaard has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 758 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bilgaard?
The hottest day measured in Bilgaard between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bilgaard?
The coldest day measured in Bilgaard between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Bilgaard?
Yes. Bilgaard gets on average 17.1 cm of snow per year and has around 35 frost days.
Has the climate of Bilgaard warmed?
Yes: Bilgaard warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bilgaard?
The wettest day measured in Bilgaard between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1994, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bilgaard?
The windiest day measured in Bilgaard between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1990, with winds reaching 78.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bilgaard?
The warmest month in Bilgaard is August (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bilgaard?
Bilgaard receives on average 758 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bilgaard?
Bilgaard gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bilgaard?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bilgaard between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bilgaard?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bilgaard.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bilgaard?
In Bilgaard, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 13 February 1940.
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