Rankweil climate — normals and trends
Rankweil (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,621 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 (14.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rankweil averages 157 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.
Rankweil has warmed by +3.1 °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 183 to 131 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.4 °C (on 26 June 2019) and the coldest -32.6 °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
RankweilVorarlberg
- coords
- 47.27°, 9.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
1.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,621mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
157 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
186 d/yr
Annual snowfall
361.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
30.4 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest day
-32.6 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
85 mm
6 August 1985
Windiest day
20.4 km/h
27 February 1990
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-37.4 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
34.9 cm
11 January 1954
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 96 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 34 mm | -68 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 94 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 78 mm | -47 mm |
| May | 14.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 184 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 125 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 18.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 277 mm | +87 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 199 mm | +20 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 179 mm | +51 mm |
| Oct | 11.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 97 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 6.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 106 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 28 mm | -83 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rankweil?
Rankweil has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,621 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rankweil?
The hottest day measured in Rankweil between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 2019, reaching 30.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rankweil?
The coldest day measured in Rankweil between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -32.6 °C.
Does it snow in Rankweil?
Yes. Rankweil gets on average 361.3 cm of snow per year and has around 157 frost days.
Has the climate of Rankweil warmed?
Yes: Rankweil warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rankweil?
The wettest day measured in Rankweil between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1985, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rankweil?
The windiest day measured in Rankweil between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1990, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rankweil?
The warmest month in Rankweil is July (14.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Rankweil?
Rankweil receives on average 1,621 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rankweil?
Rankweil gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rankweil?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rankweil between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1954, with 34.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rankweil?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rankweil.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rankweil?
In Rankweil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -37.4 °C on 7 January 1985.
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