Belgium Weather Records in 2020

12 weather records set or tied in Belgium in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Belgium in 2020

12 weather records were set or tied in Belgium in 2020.
9 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
12 records set in 2020 still stand in Belgium.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in Belgium each year from 1863 to 2026, stacked by type. 2020 had 12.

Weather records per year in Belgium, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1863	8	2	12	3	0	25
1864	0	19	6	22	0	47
1865	20	9	21	7	0	57
1866	5	8	6	6	0	25
1867	11	11	15	9	0	46
1868	11	5	14	3	0	33
1869	14	19	12	6	0	51
1870	9	14	8	6	0	37
1871	6	14	7	13	0	40
1872	12	4	16	0	0	32
1873	6	7	12	3	0	28
1874	6	7	6	4	0	23
1875	3	9	5	7	0	24
1876	10	7	18	3	0	38
1877	4	4	13	5	0	26
1878	5	7	9	2	0	23
1879	2	33	1	18	0	54
1880	8	7	6	4	0	25
1881	2	17	6	17	0	42
1882	3	10	7	5	0	25
1883	6	16	4	2	0	28
1884	14	5	9	4	0	32
1885	5	9	3	12	0	29
1886	14	7	9	7	0	37
1887	3	9	1	13	0	26
1888	3	30	3	20	0	56
1889	2	6	0	1	0	9
1890	7	7	2	19	0	35
1891	9	7	4	4	0	24
1892	12	13	9	8	0	42
1893	11	1	7	5	0	24
1894	10	2	6	4	0	22
1895	17	5	6	14	0	42
1896	6	2	3	2	0	13
1897	10	5	3	3	0	21
1898	21	3	8	3	0	35
1899	16	4	10	8	0	38
1900	19	1	4	7	0	31
1901	8	4	4	4	0	20
1902	0	10	4	12	0	26
1903	9	4	9	3	0	25
1904	10	0	8	5	0	23
1905	1	8	3	5	0	17
1906	12	0	4	4	0	20
1907	9	1	5	9	0	24
1908	7	2	1	12	0	22
1909	4	4	1	6	0	15
1910	2	0	4	0	24	30
1911	25	1	11	6	9	52
1912	9	4	5	8	15	41
1913	11	1	8	4	12	36
1914	7	1	4	5	12	29
1915	5	0	3	5	9	22
1916	6	1	5	3	17	32
1917	5	5	6	8	9	33
1918	12	0	9	7	10	38
1919	8	5	6	10	11	40
1920	15	3	2	6	6	32
1921	18	2	4	7	3	34
1922	5	6	3	6	7	27
1923	7	5	8	10	10	40
1924	3	4	3	1	8	19
1925	9	3	2	3	14	31
1926	9	4	6	4	10	33
1927	4	3	1	7	7	22
1928	6	1	2	6	5	20
1929	6	7	2	14	7	36
1930	14	0	9	0	13	36
1931	3	2	1	10	10	26
1932	8	1	7	0	5	21
1933	3	1	3	0	8	15
1934	5	0	4	1	3	13
1935	4	2	7	4	10	27
1936	5	1	8	7	4	25
1937	8	2	7	0	10	27
1938	7	3	7	6	6	29
1939	8	1	11	2	7	29
1940	3	2	3	10	10	28
1941	7	4	2	1	6	20
1942	5	8	3	6	5	27
1943	6	2	5	0	6	19
1944	6	1	6	3	3	19
1945	13	0	8	0	5	26
1946	10	3	3	0	9	25
1947	17	4	10	3	5	39
1948	13	4	6	2	4	29
1949	13	1	8	3	2	27
1950	6	0	2	3	8	19
1951	2	2	2	1	6	13
1952	9	4	7	2	5	27
1953	6	0	4	1	2	13
1954	2	5	1	3	5	16
1955	6	3	2	6	1	18
1956	2	4	2	10	3	21
1957	15	1	9	0	5	30
1958	2	0	4	0	2	8
1959	4	0	1	0	2	7
1960	2	2	3	2	5	14
1961	10	1	4	2	11	28
1962	0	3	3	4	9	19
1963	0	4	3	0	3	10
1964	5	0	6	2	10	23
1965	0	3	0	3	7	13
1966	2	2	3	1	6	14
1967	2	0	3	1	2	8
1968	7	2	4	2	0	15
1969	1	5	3	0	3	12
1970	4	3	3	0	1	11
1971	2	2	1	1	3	9
1972	2	6	1	0	7	16
1973	0	1	1	0	3	5
1974	2	5	4	0	8	19
1975	2	6	6	0	4	18
1976	9	1	11	0	1	22
1977	7	0	5	2	6	20
1978	1	7	4	0	3	15
1979	0	5	6	4	4	19
1980	0	6	8	3	6	23
1981	1	2	10	1	4	18
1982	1	0	3	0	2	6
1983	6	1	9	1	2	19
1984	4	6	2	0	7	19
1985	2	5	7	0	2	16
1986	1	7	2	1	5	16
1987	1	4	5	3	5	18
1988	1	1	6	0	3	11
1989	5	0	8	0	4	17
1990	13	0	6	0	6	25
1991	0	0	4	0	4	8
1992	1	0	2	1	3	7
1993	1	2	3	0	5	11
1994	2	1	5	0	2	10
1995	2	2	9	0	4	17
1996	0	7	2	0	5	14
1997	3	1	4	2	2	12
1998	6	2	6	1	3	18
1999	4	0	3	0	6	13
2000	2	1	7	0	3	13
2001	1	1	6	0	3	11
2002	4	0	5	0	7	16
2003	7	0	7	0	1	15
2004	5	0	7	0	2	14
2005	2	1	17	0	3	23
2006	7	1	12	0	2	22
2007	9	1	11	0	0	21
2008	0	0	5	0	4	9
2009	2	1	1	1	6	11
2010	1	3	3	0	5	12
2011	4	2	3	0	6	15
2012	4	0	2	0	3	9
2013	1	3	1	0	0	5
2014	6	0	1	0	4	11
2015	3	0	4	0	3	10
2016	4	2	2	0	3	11
2017	4	0	3	0	4	11
2018	7	0	7	0	1	15
2019	7	0	5	0	3	15
2020	5	0	4	0	3	12
2021	8	0	8	0	7	23
2022	6	0	7	0	3	16
2023	1	1	9	0	3	14
2024	1	0	2	0	9	12
2025	5	0	9	0	0	14
2026	10	0	11	0	0	21

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Belgium: 1860s 1.2 to 1, 1870s 0.9 to 1, 1880s 0.5 to 1, 1890s 1.5 to 1, 1900s 1.2 to 1, 1910s 2.0 to 1, 1920s 1.1 to 1, 1930s 3.1 to 1, 1940s 2.6 to 1, 1950s 2.0 to 1, 1960s 1.6 to 1, 1970s 1.7 to 1, 1980s 2.0 to 1, 1990s 3.8 to 1, 2000s 17 to 1, 2010s 7.3 to 1, 2020s 89 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Belgium, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1860s	1.22 to 1
1870s	0.94 to 1
1880s	0.53 to 1
1890s	1.50 to 1
1900s	1.22 to 1
1910s	2.01 to 1
1920s	1.13 to 1
1930s	3.05 to 1
1940s	2.61 to 1
1950s	2.00 to 1
1960s	1.56 to 1
1970s	1.65 to 1
1980s	2.00 to 1
1990s	3.80 to 1
2000s	17.00 to 1
2010s	7.30 to 1
2020s	89.00 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 12

Records still standing in Belgium by the year they were set. 12 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in Belgium by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1833	9
1834	5
1835	8
1836	6
1837	13
1838	19
1839	8
1840	3
1841	5
1842	3
1844	7
1845	18
1846	4
1847	3
1848	3
1849	6
1850	3
1851	1
1852	2
1853	8
1854	1
1855	10
1856	2
1857	1
1858	13
1859	4
1861	6
1862	2
1863	1
1864	11
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	5
1870	5
1871	7
1872	1
1873	4
1874	3
1875	8
1876	4
1877	4
1878	2
1879	24
1880	7
1881	21
1882	5
1883	10
1884	5
1885	11
1886	12
1887	10
1888	24
1889	5
1890	18
1891	3
1892	11
1893	1
1894	11
1895	21
1896	3
1897	3
1898	12
1899	20
1900	11
1901	5
1902	15
1903	14
1904	6
1905	10
1906	7
1907	4
1908	17
1909	7
1910	2
1911	17
1912	12
1913	7
1914	7
1915	11
1916	9
1917	11
1918	9
1919	15
1920	9
1921	23
1922	16
1923	19
1924	5
1925	13
1926	13
1927	6
1928	9
1929	22
1930	14
1931	15
1932	11
1933	8
1934	5
1935	6
1936	10
1937	8
1938	16
1939	13
1940	13
1941	5
1942	16
1943	9
1944	10
1945	14
1946	13
1947	26
1948	9
1949	14
1950	6
1951	7
1952	13
1953	6
1954	8
1955	10
1956	17
1957	14
1958	2
1959	5
1960	9
1961	13
1962	9
1963	5
1964	11
1965	10
1966	6
1967	3
1968	10
1969	9
1970	2
1971	7
1972	7
1973	13
1974	7
1975	10
1976	15
1977	11
1978	13
1979	29
1980	17
1981	19
1982	3
1983	13
1984	17
1985	31
1986	16
1987	24
1988	10
1989	11
1990	19
1991	15
1992	4
1993	8
1994	6
1995	12
1996	12
1997	6
1998	19
1999	9
2000	13
2001	8
2002	14
2003	13
2004	14
2005	16
2006	16
2007	18
2008	8
2009	15
2010	17
2011	13
2012	9
2013	5
2014	7
2015	9
2016	11
2017	7
2018	14
2019	13
2020	12
2021	25
2022	15
2023	15
2024	12
2025	16
2026	20

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).