Meppel climate — normals and trends
Meppel (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 765 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Meppel averages 54 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Meppel has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 68 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -23.5 °C (on 27 January 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
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- coords
- 52.70°, 6.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
765mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
15.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
54 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-23.5 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
12 August 1958
Windiest day
63.9 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
127.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
14 February 1979
Sunniest day
16.1 h
24 June 2020
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 | 5.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 10 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 92 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 104 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 43 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 79 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 110 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 69 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 27 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Meppel?
Meppel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 765 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meppel?
The hottest day measured in Meppel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Meppel?
The coldest day measured in Meppel between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -23.5 °C.
Does it snow in Meppel?
Yes. Meppel gets on average 20.4 cm of snow per year and has around 54 frost days.
Has the climate of Meppel warmed?
Yes: Meppel warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Meppel?
The wettest day measured in Meppel between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1958, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Meppel?
The windiest day measured in Meppel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 63.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Meppel?
The warmest month in Meppel is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Meppel?
Meppel receives on average 765 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Meppel?
Meppel gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Meppel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Meppel between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1979, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Meppel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Meppel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Meppel?
In Meppel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 27 January 1942.
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