Oosterwolde climate — normals and trends
Oosterwolde (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 791 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Oosterwolde averages 57 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Oosterwolde 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 72 to 42 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -24.9 °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
OosterwoldeFriesland
- coords
- 52.99°, 6.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
791mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 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
36.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
50 mm
15 September 1994
Windiest day
65.4 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.2 h
29 June 2018
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 | 5.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 56 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 28 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 11 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 53 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 99 mm | +26 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 109 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 45 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 113 mm | +50 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 80 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 24 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oosterwolde?
Oosterwolde has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 791 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oosterwolde?
The hottest day measured in Oosterwolde between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oosterwolde?
The coldest day measured in Oosterwolde between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Oosterwolde?
Yes. Oosterwolde gets on average 21.2 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Oosterwolde warmed?
Yes: Oosterwolde warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oosterwolde?
The wettest day measured in Oosterwolde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1994, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oosterwolde?
The windiest day measured in Oosterwolde between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 65.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oosterwolde?
The warmest month in Oosterwolde is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Oosterwolde?
Oosterwolde receives on average 791 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oosterwolde?
Oosterwolde gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oosterwolde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oosterwolde between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oosterwolde?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oosterwolde.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oosterwolde?
In Oosterwolde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 27 January 1942.
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