Essling climate — normals and trends
Essling (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 625 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Essling averages 81 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Essling has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 5 July 1957) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 24 January 1942).
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
EsslingState of Vienna
- coords
- 48.21°, 16.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
625mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
39.3 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
73 mm
25 August 1965
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
6 November 1941
Sunniest day
15.7 h
22 June 2025
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 | +2.8 °C | 20 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 9 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 58 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 49 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 49 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 91 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 37 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 94 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 41 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 59 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Essling?
Essling has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 625 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Essling?
The hottest day measured in Essling between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1957, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Essling?
The coldest day measured in Essling between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Essling?
Yes. Essling gets on average 47.4 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Essling warmed?
Yes: Essling warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Essling?
The wettest day measured in Essling between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1965, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Essling?
The windiest day measured in Essling between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Essling?
The warmest month in Essling is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Essling?
Essling receives on average 625 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Essling?
Essling gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Essling?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Essling between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1941, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Essling?
Yes: Essling has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Essling?
In Essling, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 7 January 1985.
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