Amstetten climate — normals and trends
Amstetten (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,118 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Amstetten averages 104 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Amstetten has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 28 July 2013) and the coldest -26.1 °C (on 8 January 1985).
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
AmstettenLower Austria
- coords
- 48.12°, 14.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,118mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
147.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
36.4 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
133 mm
7 August 2002
Windiest day
39.6 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
29 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
23 July 2009
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
20.6 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.7 h
19 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 36 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 15 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 106 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 75 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 98 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 83 mm | -47 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 201 mm | +70 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 78 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 86 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 94 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 71 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Amstetten?
Amstetten has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,118 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amstetten?
The hottest day measured in Amstetten between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Amstetten?
The coldest day measured in Amstetten between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Amstetten?
Yes. Amstetten gets on average 147.6 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Amstetten warmed?
Yes: Amstetten warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Amstetten?
The wettest day measured in Amstetten between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2002, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Amstetten?
The windiest day measured in Amstetten between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Amstetten?
The warmest month in Amstetten is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Amstetten?
Amstetten receives on average 1,118 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Amstetten?
Amstetten gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Amstetten?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Amstetten between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 20.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Amstetten?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Amstetten.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amstetten?
In Amstetten, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 23 July 2009, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 8 January 1985.
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