Horn climate — normals and trends
Horn (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 602 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Horn averages 95 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Horn has warmed by +2.3 °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 115 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -28.0 °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
HornLower Austria
- coords
- 48.66°, 15.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
602mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 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
37.6 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
14 September 2024
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
29 October 2017
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
3 January 1941
Sunniest day
15.9 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 | 3.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 50 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 48 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 34 mm | -36 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 55 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 110 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 28 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 95 mm | +43 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 6.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 46 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 32 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Horn?
Horn has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 602 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Horn?
The hottest day measured in Horn between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Horn?
The coldest day measured in Horn between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Horn?
Yes. Horn gets on average 50.6 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Horn warmed?
Yes: Horn warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Horn?
The wettest day measured in Horn between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2024, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Horn?
The windiest day measured in Horn between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2017, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Horn?
The warmest month in Horn is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Horn?
Horn receives on average 602 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Horn?
Horn gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Horn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Horn between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1941, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Horn?
Yes: Horn has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Horn?
In Horn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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