Mürzzuschlag climate — normals and trends
Mürzzuschlag (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,030 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mürzzuschlag averages 135 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 168 rainy days per year.
Mürzzuschlag has warmed by +2.4 °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 157 to 113 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.5 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
MürzzuschlagStyria
- coords
- 47.61°, 15.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,030mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
168 d/yr
Annual snowfall
158.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
0.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
32.5 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
31 May 1967
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
19 April 2017
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
29 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
17 March 1998
Sunniest day
15.5 h
28 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 33 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 99 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 71 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 119 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 90 mm | -47 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 146 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 22.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 92 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 137 mm | +47 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 62 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 69 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 29 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mürzzuschlag?
Mürzzuschlag has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,030 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mürzzuschlag?
The hottest day measured in Mürzzuschlag between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mürzzuschlag?
The coldest day measured in Mürzzuschlag between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Mürzzuschlag?
Yes. Mürzzuschlag gets on average 158.1 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Mürzzuschlag warmed?
Yes: Mürzzuschlag warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mürzzuschlag?
The wettest day measured in Mürzzuschlag between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1967, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mürzzuschlag?
The windiest day measured in Mürzzuschlag between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2017, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mürzzuschlag?
The warmest month in Mürzzuschlag is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Mürzzuschlag?
Mürzzuschlag receives on average 1,030 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mürzzuschlag?
Mürzzuschlag 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 Mürzzuschlag?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mürzzuschlag between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1998, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mürzzuschlag?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mürzzuschlag.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mürzzuschlag?
In Mürzzuschlag, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 21 January 1940.
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