Dauwendaele climate — normals and trends
Dauwendaele (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 710 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Dauwendaele averages 32 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Dauwendaele 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 46 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -17.4 °C (on 3 February 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
DauwendaeleZeeland
- coords
- 51.49°, 3.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
23.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
42.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 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 = 0.45 · 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
39.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-17.4 °C
3 February 1942
Wettest day
59 mm
29 August 1996
Windiest day
72.4 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
136.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-22.7 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
11 December 2017
Sunniest day
16.0 h
26 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 | 6.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 88 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 38 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 5 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 17 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 28 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 51 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 88 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 35 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 41 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 86 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 59 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dauwendaele?
Dauwendaele has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dauwendaele?
The hottest day measured in Dauwendaele between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dauwendaele?
The coldest day measured in Dauwendaele between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1942, at -17.4 °C.
Does it snow in Dauwendaele?
Yes. Dauwendaele gets on average 12.7 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Dauwendaele warmed?
Yes: Dauwendaele warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dauwendaele?
The wettest day measured in Dauwendaele between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1996, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dauwendaele?
The windiest day measured in Dauwendaele between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 72.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dauwendaele?
The warmest month in Dauwendaele is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Dauwendaele?
Dauwendaele receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dauwendaele?
Dauwendaele 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 Dauwendaele?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dauwendaele between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2017, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dauwendaele?
Yes: Dauwendaele has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dauwendaele?
In Dauwendaele, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -22.7 °C on 27 January 1942.
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