Middelburg climate — normals and trends
Middelburg (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 762 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Middelburg averages 23 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Middelburg 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 35 to 11 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -14.1 °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
MiddelburgZeeland
- coords
- 51.50°, 3.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
762mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
26.1km/h
Seasonal range
13.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
23 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 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
35.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-14.1 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
71 mm
29 August 1996
Windiest day
78.2 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-20.4 °C
14 January 1987
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
11 December 2017
Sunniest day
16.0 h
18 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 91 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 41 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 4 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 18 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 31 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 51 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 88 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 43 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 47 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 98 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 72 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Middelburg?
Middelburg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 762 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Middelburg?
The hottest day measured in Middelburg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Middelburg?
The coldest day measured in Middelburg between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -14.1 °C.
Does it snow in Middelburg?
Yes. Middelburg gets on average 11.7 cm of snow per year and has around 23 frost days.
Has the climate of Middelburg warmed?
Yes: Middelburg warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Middelburg?
The wettest day measured in Middelburg between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1996, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Middelburg?
The windiest day measured in Middelburg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 78.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Middelburg?
The warmest month in Middelburg is August (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Middelburg?
Middelburg receives on average 762 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Middelburg?
Middelburg gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Middelburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Middelburg between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2017, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Middelburg?
Yes: Middelburg has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Middelburg?
In Middelburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -20.4 °C on 14 January 1987.
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