History of Basel - Climate

Climate

Basel has an average of 121.4 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 778 mm (30.6 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is June during which time Basel receives an average of 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 10.9 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 12.6, but with only 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 49 mm (1.9 in) of precipitation over 9.4 days.

Climate data for Basel/Binningen (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 4.5
(40.1)		 6.4
(43.5)		 11.2
(52.2)		 15.2
(59.4)		 19.8
(67.6)		 22.9
(73.2)		 25.3
(77.5)		 24.7
(76.5)		 20.3
(68.5)		 15.2
(59.4)		 8.7
(47.7)		 5.2
(41.4)		 14.9
(58.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.6
(34.9)		 2.7
(36.9)		 6.8
(44.2)		 10.0
(50.0)		 14.2
(57.6)		 17.4
(63.3)		 19.7
(67.5)		 19.1
(66.4)		 15.1
(59.2)		 10.9
(51.6)		 5.5
(41.9)		 2.6
(36.7)		 10.5
(50.9)
Average low °C (°F) −1.1
(30.0)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 2.5
(36.5)		 5.1
(41.2)		 9.2
(48.6)		 12.4
(54.3)		 14.5
(58.1)		 14.2
(57.6)		 10.9
(51.6)		 7.4
(45.3)		 2.7
(36.9)		 0.1
(32.2)		 6.5
(43.7)
Precipitation mm (inches) 47
(1.85)		 45
(1.77)		 55
(2.17)		 64
(2.52)		 99
(3.9)		 86
(3.39)		 91
(3.58)		 80
(3.15)		 78
(3.07)		 73
(2.87)		 59
(2.32)		 66
(2.6)		 842
(33.15)
Snowfall cm (inches) 8.9
(3.5)		 11.5
(4.53)		 4.6
(1.81)		 0.7
(0.28)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.1
(0.04)		 2.6
(1.02)		 8.5
(3.35)		 36.9
(14.53)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 9.3 8.4 9.8 10.2 12.4 10.9 10.2 9.9 8.8 10.1 10.0 10.4 120.4
Avg. snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) 3.0 2.9 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.6 11.1
% humidity 81 76 70 68 72 71 70 72 77 81 82 82 75
Mean monthly sunshine hours 71 86 125 153 176 196 224 210 159 113 71 54 1,637
Source: MeteoSwiss

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