Kremsmünster climate — normals and trends
Kremsmünster (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,173 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kremsmünster averages 104 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 169 rainy days per year.
Kremsmünster 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 132 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °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
KremsmünsterUpper Austria
- coords
- 48.05°, 14.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,173mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
169 d/yr
Annual snowfall
129.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 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 = 0.65 · 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
36.6 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
154 mm
7 August 2002
Windiest day
38.7 km/h
29 October 2017
Strongest gust
128.9 km/h
29 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
23 July 2009
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.6 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 | 4.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 40 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 15 mm | -53 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 116 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 64 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 113 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 77 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 212 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 94 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 97 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 92 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 76 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | -52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kremsmünster?
Kremsmünster has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,173 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kremsmünster?
The hottest day measured in Kremsmünster between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kremsmünster?
The coldest day measured in Kremsmünster between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kremsmünster?
Yes. Kremsmünster gets on average 129.5 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Kremsmünster warmed?
Yes: Kremsmünster warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kremsmünster?
The wettest day measured in Kremsmünster between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2002, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kremsmünster?
The windiest day measured in Kremsmünster between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2017, with winds reaching 38.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kremsmünster?
The warmest month in Kremsmünster is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kremsmünster?
Kremsmünster receives on average 1,173 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 169 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kremsmünster?
Kremsmünster 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 Kremsmünster?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kremsmünster between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kremsmünster?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kremsmünster.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kremsmünster?
In Kremsmünster, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 23 July 2009, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 23 January 1942.
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