Gmunden climate — normals and trends
Gmunden (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 1,202 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 (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gmunden averages 104 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Gmunden has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 28 July 2013) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 23 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
GmundenUpper Austria
- coords
- 47.92°, 13.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,202mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
153.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
35.9 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
90 mm
7 August 2002
Windiest day
40.9 km/h
1 March 2008
Strongest gust
134.6 km/h
1 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.8 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
28 October 1956
Sunniest day
15.5 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 | +3.3 °C | 55 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -57 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 107 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 46 mm | -44 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 113 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 67 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 217 mm | +77 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 96 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 83 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 90 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 87 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 26 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gmunden?
Gmunden has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,202 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gmunden?
The hottest day measured in Gmunden between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gmunden?
The coldest day measured in Gmunden between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Gmunden?
Yes. Gmunden gets on average 153.0 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Gmunden warmed?
Yes: Gmunden warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gmunden?
The wettest day measured in Gmunden between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2002, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gmunden?
The windiest day measured in Gmunden between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2008, with winds reaching 40.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gmunden?
The warmest month in Gmunden is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Gmunden?
Gmunden receives on average 1,202 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gmunden?
Gmunden 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 Gmunden?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gmunden between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1956, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gmunden?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gmunden.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gmunden?
In Gmunden, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 10 February 1956.
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