Knittelfeld climate — normals and trends
Knittelfeld (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,097 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 (14.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Knittelfeld averages 169 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Knittelfeld has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 193 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.2 °C (on 3 August 2013) and the coldest -31.0 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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
KnittelfeldStyria
- coords
- 47.22°, 14.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,097mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
194.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 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
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
31.2 °C
3 August 2013
Coldest day
-31.0 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
58 mm
3 November 2023
Windiest day
27.9 km/h
16 March 1962
Strongest gust
123.5 km/h
18 January 2000
Hottest feels-like
33.0 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.9 °C
14 February 1940
Snowiest day
25.2 cm
22 December 1991
Sunniest day
15.5 h
20 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 37 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 102 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 94 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 141 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +5.7 °C | 96 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 20.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 193 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 106 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 146 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 55 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 59 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 24 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Knittelfeld?
Knittelfeld has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,097 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Knittelfeld?
The hottest day measured in Knittelfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2013, reaching 31.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Knittelfeld?
The coldest day measured in Knittelfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -31.0 °C.
Does it snow in Knittelfeld?
Yes. Knittelfeld gets on average 194.4 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Knittelfeld warmed?
Yes: Knittelfeld warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Knittelfeld?
The wettest day measured in Knittelfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2023, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Knittelfeld?
The windiest day measured in Knittelfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1962, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Knittelfeld?
The warmest month in Knittelfeld is July (14.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Knittelfeld?
Knittelfeld receives on average 1,097 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Knittelfeld?
Knittelfeld gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Knittelfeld?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Knittelfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1991, with 25.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Knittelfeld?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Knittelfeld.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Knittelfeld?
In Knittelfeld, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.9 °C on 14 February 1940.
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