Bear climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bear?

Bear has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,116 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bear?

The hottest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2011, reaching 39.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bear?

The coldest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -23.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bear?

Yes. Bear gets on average 50.3 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Bear warmed?

Yes: Bear warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bear?

The wettest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bear?

The windiest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bear?

The warmest month in Bear is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bear?

Bear receives on average 1,116 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bear?

Bear gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bear (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,116 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Bear averages 75 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.

Bear has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 84 to 66 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 22 July 2011) and the coldest -23.7 °C (on 22 January 1984).

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

BearDelaware

coords: 39.63°, -75.66°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

12.6°C

Average daily high

17.1°C

Average daily low

8.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,116mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

16.4km/h

Seasonal range

24.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

75 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

35 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

118 d/yr

Annual snowfall

50.3 cm

Average feels-like high

15.9 °C

Average feels-like low

6.3 °C

Average peak gust

37.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

51 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

39.7 °C

22 July 2011

Coldest day

-23.7 °C

22 January 1984

Wettest day

124 mm

16 September 1999

Windiest day

49.4 km/h

15 October 1954

Strongest gust

129.6 km/h

25 November 1950

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

15 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-29.3 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

40.0 cm

20 March 1958

Sunniest day

14.1 h

4 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.1 °C24 June 2025	-13.4 °C23 January 2025	13.2 °C	1,067 mm	33	78
2024	35.8 °C16 July 2024	-12.7 °C23 December 2024	14.1 °C	1,177 mm	38	56
2023	35.7 °C6 September 2023	-10.5 °C4 February 2023	14.4 °C	1,147 mm	39	35
2022	34.3 °C31 May 2022	-14.3 °C24 December 2022	13.5 °C	1,270 mm	48	82
2021	34.4 °C30 June 2021	-8.4 °C8 February 2021	14.0 °C	1,120 mm	45	61
2020	36.6 °C20 July 2020	-9.2 °C19 December 2020	14.2 °C	1,292 mm	51	50
2019	36.5 °C21 July 2019	-15.2 °C31 January 2019	13.7 °C	1,238 mm	50	68
2018	34.9 °C2 July 2018	-16.5 °C7 January 2018	13.5 °C	1,646 mm	44	70
2017	35.2 °C13 June 2017	-13.3 °C9 January 2017	14.0 °C	1,075 mm	40	59
2016	35.1 °C14 August 2016	-13.2 °C14 February 2016	13.8 °C	1,026 mm	55	65
2015	33.8 °C3 September 2015	-17.0 °C20 February 2015	13.4 °C	1,046 mm	32	76
2014	33.6 °C18 June 2014	-17.2 °C23 January 2014	12.0 °C	1,091 mm	20	85
2013	35.3 °C18 July 2013	-11.8 °C23 January 2013	12.8 °C	1,028 mm	27	82
2012	38.3 °C18 July 2012	-10.7 °C4 January 2012	14.4 °C	927 mm	47	45
2011	39.7 °C22 July 2011	-12.7 °C24 January 2011	13.8 °C	1,392 mm	45	71
2010	38.3 °C6 July 2010	-9.8 °C7 February 2010	13.7 °C	1,057 mm	69	76
2009	33.9 °C10 August 2009	-14.6 °C17 January 2009	12.6 °C	1,291 mm	17	79
2008	36.9 °C10 June 2008	-11.3 °C11 February 2008	13.2 °C	1,119 mm	38	75
2007	36.1 °C8 August 2007	-13.0 °C6 February 2007	13.2 °C	1,020 mm	47	71
2006	35.4 °C3 August 2006	-10.6 °C19 February 2006	13.8 °C	1,238 mm	40	53
2005	35.5 °C27 July 2005	-15.4 °C28 January 2005	12.9 °C	1,019 mm	41	78
2004	32.5 °C9 June 2004	-15.6 °C10 January 2004	12.7 °C	1,180 mm	20	75
2003	34.5 °C5 July 2003	-14.0 °C18 January 2003	12.1 °C	1,431 mm	24	87
2002	36.7 °C4 July 2002	-8.9 °C7 December 2002	13.5 °C	1,031 mm	52	69
2001	37.2 °C9 August 2001	-13.4 °C23 January 2001	13.4 °C	853 mm	26	68
2000	34.4 °C11 June 2000	-13.6 °C30 January 2000	12.3 °C	1,039 mm	19	81
1999	37.3 °C6 July 1999	-10.5 °C6 January 1999	13.4 °C	1,065 mm	45	68
1998	34.8 °C22 July 1998	-10.8 °C1 January 1998	14.0 °C	1,019 mm	34	38
1997	35.2 °C16 August 1997	-15.3 °C19 January 1997	12.5 °C	905 mm	37	67
1996	34.3 °C20 May 1996	-17.6 °C5 February 1996	12.0 °C	1,521 mm	10	75
1995	37.8 °C15 July 1995	-15.6 °C6 February 1995	12.9 °C	1,013 mm	47	82
1994	36.5 °C15 June 1994	-21.9 °C19 January 1994	13.0 °C	1,109 mm	48	74
1993	36.6 °C10 July 1993	-13.5 °C19 February 1993	12.8 °C	1,162 mm	46	70
1992	35.9 °C14 July 1992	-11.6 °C20 January 1992	12.1 °C	1,000 mm	24	75
1991	37.0 °C23 July 1991	-11.3 °C22 January 1991	13.7 °C	1,035 mm	60	70
1990	35.2 °C4 July 1990	-11.9 °C26 February 1990	13.8 °C	1,070 mm	33	51
1989	34.3 °C27 June 1989	-14.6 °C23 December 1989	12.1 °C	1,401 mm	26	91
1988	36.4 °C15 August 1988	-14.1 °C11 January 1988	12.2 °C	967 mm	55	85
1987	35.9 °C21 July 1987	-16.5 °C28 January 1987	12.6 °C	1,096 mm	37	72
1986	36.1 °C7 July 1986	-13.3 °C28 January 1986	12.6 °C	1,075 mm	37	81
1985	34.2 °C14 August 1985	-22.1 °C21 January 1985	12.6 °C	936 mm	15	81
1984	35.0 °C9 June 1984	-23.7 °C22 January 1984	12.4 °C	1,252 mm	27	73
1983	36.5 °C20 August 1983	-18.0 °C25 December 1983	12.7 °C	1,483 mm	52	62
1982	33.5 °C19 July 1982	-20.7 °C17 January 1982	12.1 °C	1,021 mm	16	79
1981	34.2 °C9 July 1981	-19.0 °C13 January 1981	11.9 °C	983 mm	20	85
1980	36.9 °C16 July 1980	-15.7 °C25 December 1980	12.3 °C	863 mm	53	92
1979	34.5 °C10 August 1979	-21.4 °C18 February 1979	12.4 °C	1,287 mm	24	74
1978	35.3 °C23 July 1978	-17.0 °C20 February 1978	11.5 °C	1,347 mm	28	88
1977	35.7 °C19 July 1977	-20.0 °C17 January 1977	12.4 °C	1,152 mm	39	84
1976	32.6 °C22 August 1976	-14.3 °C23 January 1976	11.9 °C	1,042 mm	27	90
1975	35.1 °C2 August 1975	-10.2 °C4 February 1975	12.9 °C	1,366 mm	24	75
1974	35.0 °C10 July 1974	-10.5 °C5 February 1974	12.7 °C	1,030 mm	26	72
1973	36.3 °C28 August 1973	-14.0 °C17 February 1973	13.1 °C	1,267 mm	38	61
1972	34.9 °C23 July 1972	-15.4 °C16 January 1972	12.0 °C	1,376 mm	25	79
1971	35.2 °C8 July 1971	-13.8 °C2 February 1971	12.7 °C	1,244 mm	30	71
1970	33.1 °C4 July 1970	-16.5 °C9 January 1970	12.3 °C	982 mm	38	79
1969	34.9 °C29 May 1969	-11.1 °C5 January 1969	12.1 °C	1,141 mm	28	96
1968	36.8 °C1 July 1968	-18.4 °C2 January 1968	12.2 °C	915 mm	39	85
1967	32.6 °C16 June 1967	-17.9 °C13 February 1967	11.5 °C	1,041 mm	19	89
1966	39.0 °C3 July 1966	-15.8 °C29 January 1966	11.8 °C	970 mm	44	88
1965	34.5 °C25 July 1965	-16.8 °C15 January 1965	11.8 °C	701 mm	36	90
1964	35.6 °C30 June 1964	-15.7 °C15 January 1964	12.2 °C	1,003 mm	38	88
1963	34.9 °C27 June 1963	-19.6 °C29 January 1963	11.5 °C	924 mm	26	93
1962	34.9 °C19 May 1962	-19.0 °C11 February 1962	11.5 °C	1,042 mm	27	90
1961	33.4 °C13 June 1961	-20.0 °C2 February 1961	12.1 °C	1,117 mm	38	79
1960	32.7 °C30 August 1960	-18.4 °C23 December 1960	11.8 °C	1,140 mm	20	103
1959	37.3 °C29 June 1959	-12.4 °C20 February 1959	13.1 °C	1,017 mm	51	82
1958	33.3 °C2 July 1958	-15.7 °C17 February 1958	11.5 °C	1,265 mm	26	82
1957	37.3 °C22 July 1957	-17.0 °C18 January 1957	12.8 °C	973 mm	42	66
1956	36.2 °C2 July 1956	-10.1 °C28 January 1956	12.2 °C	1,201 mm	31	66
1955	37.0 °C22 July 1955	-17.7 °C3 February 1955	12.7 °C	991 mm	44	86
1954	37.0 °C31 July 1954	-18.7 °C18 January 1954	12.7 °C	924 mm	34	77
1953	37.9 °C31 August 1953	-8.6 °C18 December 1953	13.5 °C	1,043 mm	50	57
1952	38.0 °C26 June 1952	-12.1 °C30 January 1952	12.8 °C	1,359 mm	39	62
1951	33.6 °C27 July 1951	-14.1 °C17 December 1951	12.6 °C	1,092 mm	35	71
1950	33.5 °C26 June 1950	-13.3 °C27 December 1950	12.1 °C	1,096 mm	19	85
1949	37.1 °C5 July 1949	-9.5 °C12 February 1949	13.6 °C	884 mm	45	57
1948	36.3 °C26 August 1948	-18.4 °C19 January 1948	12.0 °C	1,262 mm	26	80
1947	33.5 °C14 August 1947	-13.9 °C5 February 1947	12.1 °C	1,075 mm	21	91
1946	31.8 °C8 June 1946	-10.6 °C23 January 1946	12.9 °C	1,021 mm	14	64
1945	35.3 °C1 July 1945	-17.6 °C25 January 1945	12.2 °C	1,361 mm	18	77
1944	34.3 °C5 August 1944	-11.6 °C17 January 1944	12.3 °C	1,145 mm	41	88
1943	33.8 °C25 June 1943	-16.2 °C15 February 1943	11.8 °C	945 mm	42	92
1942	35.1 °C19 July 1942	-16.2 °C21 December 1942	12.2 °C	1,294 mm	24	81
1941	35.8 °C28 July 1941	-10.1 °C18 March 1941	12.4 °C	923 mm	35	91
1940	34.9 °C26 July 1940	-15.1 °C20 January 1940	11.2 °C	1,213 mm	14	86

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.5 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

78 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1067 mm

-49 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.2 °C	-1.7 °C	34 mm	-48 mm
Feb	5.7 °C	+0.1 °C	66 mm	-12 mm
Mar	15.0 °C	+4.5 °C	92 mm	-10 mm
Apr	18.4 °C	+1.5 °C	82 mm	-15 mm
May	22.0 °C	-0.3 °C	176 mm	+79 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	+0.9 °C	78 mm	-15 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	+1.2 °C	236 mm	+127 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	-1.4 °C	26 mm	-73 mm
Sep	25.5 °C	+0.9 °C	103 mm	+10 mm
Oct	18.8 °C	+0.3 °C	69 mm	-14 mm
Nov	12.3 °C	+0.1 °C	44 mm	-44 mm
Dec	4.2 °C	-2.0 °C	60 mm	-34 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-13.4 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

58.9 mm

31 Jul 2025

Windiest day

34.4 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

83.5 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-17.6 °C

16 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

8.1 cm

14 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bear?

Bear has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,116 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bear?

The hottest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2011, reaching 39.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bear?

The coldest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -23.7 °C.

Does it snow in Bear?

Yes. Bear gets on average 50.3 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.

Has the climate of Bear warmed?

Yes: Bear warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bear?

The wettest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bear?

The windiest day measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bear?

The warmest month in Bear is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bear?

Bear receives on average 1,116 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bear?

Bear gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bear?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bear between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1958, with 40.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bear?

Yes: Bear has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bear?

In Bear, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.0 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 21 January 1985.

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