Damwâld climate — normals and trends
Damwâld (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 727 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Damwâld averages 46 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Damwâld 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 60 to 32 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -22.6 °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
DamwâldFriesland
- coords
- 53.29°, 6.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
23.5km/h
Seasonal range
14.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
46 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
42.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 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
35.5 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-22.6 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
45 mm
15 September 1994
Windiest day
73.4 km/h
26 January 1990
Strongest gust
137.2 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
12 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.3 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 56 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 11 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 36 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 34 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 79 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 22.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 92 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 22.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 35 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 102 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 80 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 8.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Damwâld?
Damwâld has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Damwâld?
The hottest day measured in Damwâld between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Damwâld?
The coldest day measured in Damwâld between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -22.6 °C.
Does it snow in Damwâld?
Yes. Damwâld gets on average 18.7 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.
Has the climate of Damwâld warmed?
Yes: Damwâld warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Damwâld?
The wettest day measured in Damwâld between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1994, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Damwâld?
The windiest day measured in Damwâld between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1990, with winds reaching 73.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Damwâld?
The warmest month in Damwâld is August (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Damwâld?
Damwâld receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Damwâld?
Damwâld gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Damwâld?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Damwâld between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Damwâld?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Damwâld.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Damwâld?
In Damwâld, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 12 July 1941, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 13 February 1940.
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