Beitem is a weather station located 28 m above sea level, 4 km from Ledegem. Its records go back to 1954: 52 years of temperature are available up to 2013, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2013. Over the whole series (52 years) the annual mean temperature there is 10.1 °C; the 1961–1990 and 1991–2020 reference periods are not documented well enough for a comparison. The warmest year of the series is 1999 (11.4 °C) and the coldest 1962 (8.2 °C). The last complete year, 2013, ranks 9 out of 52, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2013, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.40 °C per decade. The station ranks 3 out of 12 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1954
The first ten years of the series (1954–1965) average 9.3 °C; the last ten (1998–2013) average 11.0 °C, a difference of +1.7 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1999 (11.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 10.9 °C (2003) and bottoms out at 9.3 °C (1963).
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9 °C | 4.1 °C | +1.2 °C | – | – | – |
| February | 3.2 °C | – | – | – | – | – |
| March | 5.6 °C | 7.1 °C | +1.5 °C | – | – | – |
| April | 8.4 °C | 9.8 °C | +1.4 °C | – | – | – |
| May | 12.4 °C | 13.5 °C | +1.1 °C | – | – | – |
| June | 15.3 °C | 16.2 °C | +0.9 °C | – | – | – |
| July | 17.1 °C | 18.2 °C | +1.1 °C | – | – | – |
| August | 17.1 °C | 18.4 °C | +1.3 °C | – | – | – |
| September | 14.5 °C | 15.1 °C | +0.6 °C | – | – | – |
| October | 10.9 °C | 11.4 °C | +0.5 °C | – | – | – |
| November | 6.3 °C | 7.4 °C | +1.1 °C | – | – | – |
| December | 3.8 °C | 4.2 °C | +0.4 °C | – | – | – |
Records at Beitem
- Warmest year: 11.4 °C, in 1999
- Coldest year: 8.2 °C, in 1962
- Warmest month: 21.1 °C, in August 1997
- Coldest month: −6.2 °C, in February 1956
3.2 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2013
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.40 °C per decade between 1961 and 2013, about +2.1 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 12 stations (+0.36 °C per decade), by 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 3 out of 12.
Data source and licence
Data source: IRM/KMI via NOAA NCEI (dataset “GHCN-Daily + GHCN-Monthly v4 (qcu)”), licence Public domain (NOAA NCEI); original data: IRM/KMI. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Beitem are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 12 stations in Belgium: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Beitem?
Over the whole series (52 years), the annual mean temperature at Beitem is 10.1 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Beitem?
Since records began in 1954, the warmest year at Beitem is 1999, at 11.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1962 (8.2 °C).
Is the climate at Beitem getting warmer?
Yes: at Beitem, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.40 °C per decade between 1961 and 2013, +2.1 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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