Pollau climate — normals and trends
Pollau (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 779 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pollau averages 113 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Pollau 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 134 to 92 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -26.8 °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
PollauStyria
- coords
- 47.30°, 15.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
779mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 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
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-26.8 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
67 mm
31 May 1967
Windiest day
37.9 km/h
16 March 1962
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
10 February 1986
Sunniest day
15.4 h
21 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 24 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 22 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 93 mm | +45 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 60 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 93 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 55 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 76 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 67 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 143 mm | +71 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 52 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 64 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pollau?
Pollau has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 779 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pollau?
The hottest day measured in Pollau between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pollau?
The coldest day measured in Pollau between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -26.8 °C.
Does it snow in Pollau?
Yes. Pollau gets on average 72.9 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Pollau warmed?
Yes: Pollau warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pollau?
The wettest day measured in Pollau between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1967, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pollau?
The windiest day measured in Pollau between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1962, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pollau?
The warmest month in Pollau is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Pollau?
Pollau receives on average 779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pollau?
Pollau 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 Pollau?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pollau between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1986, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pollau?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pollau.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pollau?
In Pollau, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 24 January 1942.
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