Freistadt climate — normals and trends
Freistadt (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 904 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Freistadt averages 111 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Freistadt has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 3 August 2013) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
FreistadtUpper Austria
- coords
- 48.51°, 14.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
904mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
34.7 °C
3 August 2013
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
102 mm
12 August 2002
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
19 January 2007
Strongest gust
126.0 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
28 October 1956
Sunniest day
15.9 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 38 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 3.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 15 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 72 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 45 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 74 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 54 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 22.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 180 mm | +57 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 68 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 51 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 76 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 5.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 21 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Freistadt?
Freistadt has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 904 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Freistadt?
The hottest day measured in Freistadt between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2013, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Freistadt?
The coldest day measured in Freistadt between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Freistadt?
Yes. Freistadt gets on average 112.6 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Freistadt warmed?
Yes: Freistadt warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Freistadt?
The wettest day measured in Freistadt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2002, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Freistadt?
The windiest day measured in Freistadt between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 2007, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Freistadt?
The warmest month in Freistadt is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Freistadt?
Freistadt receives on average 904 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Freistadt?
Freistadt gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Freistadt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Freistadt between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1956, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Freistadt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Freistadt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Freistadt?
In Freistadt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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