Gfangen climate — normals and trends
Gfangen (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 920 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Gfangen averages 114 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Gfangen has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 13 January 1987).
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
GfangenBurgenland
- coords
- 47.38°, 16.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
920mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
96.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
34.2 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
13 January 1987
Wettest day
67 mm
31 May 1967
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
19 April 2017
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
4 November 1950
Sunniest day
15.5 h
21 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 | +3.8 °C | 29 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 2.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 21 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 90 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 57 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 15.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 101 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 84 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 100 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 83 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 146 mm | +62 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 55 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 69 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 33 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gfangen?
Gfangen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 920 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gfangen?
The hottest day measured in Gfangen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gfangen?
The coldest day measured in Gfangen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Gfangen?
Yes. Gfangen gets on average 96.2 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Gfangen warmed?
Yes: Gfangen warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gfangen?
The wettest day measured in Gfangen between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1967, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gfangen?
The windiest day measured in Gfangen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2017, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gfangen?
The warmest month in Gfangen is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Gfangen?
Gfangen receives on average 920 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gfangen?
Gfangen gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gfangen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gfangen between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1950, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gfangen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gfangen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gfangen?
In Gfangen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 21 January 1940.
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