Steenwijk climate — normals and trends
Steenwijk (The Netherlands) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 745 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Steenwijk averages 46 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Steenwijk has warmed by +1.9 °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 59 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -22.2 °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
SteenwijkOverijssel
- coords
- 52.79°, 6.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
745mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
14.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
46 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
40.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
36.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-22.2 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
45 mm
6 July 1968
Windiest day
67.6 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
131.4 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.3 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.3 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.2 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 | 5.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 32 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 10 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 48 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 36 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 80 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 97 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 36 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 75 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 111 mm | +48 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 69 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 25 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Steenwijk?
Steenwijk has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Steenwijk?
The hottest day measured in Steenwijk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Steenwijk?
The coldest day measured in Steenwijk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -22.2 °C.
Does it snow in Steenwijk?
Yes. Steenwijk gets on average 18.6 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.
Has the climate of Steenwijk warmed?
Yes: Steenwijk warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Steenwijk?
The wettest day measured in Steenwijk between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1968, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Steenwijk?
The windiest day measured in Steenwijk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 67.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Steenwijk?
The warmest month in Steenwijk is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Steenwijk?
Steenwijk receives on average 745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Steenwijk?
Steenwijk 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 Steenwijk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Steenwijk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 13.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Steenwijk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Steenwijk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Steenwijk?
In Steenwijk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -27.3 °C on 27 January 1942.
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