Sankt Pölten climate — normals and trends
Sankt Pölten (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 680 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sankt Pölten averages 90 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Sankt Pölten has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 7 August 1971) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 11 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
Sankt PöltenLower Austria
- coords
- 48.21°, 15.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
680mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
36.7 °C
7 August 1971
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
88 mm
14 September 2024
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
6 November 1941
Sunniest day
15.9 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 75 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 62 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 63 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 42 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 24.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 101 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 32 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 78 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 45 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 50 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 28 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sankt Pölten?
Sankt Pölten has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 680 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sankt Pölten?
The hottest day measured in Sankt Pölten between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1971, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sankt Pölten?
The coldest day measured in Sankt Pölten between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sankt Pölten?
Yes. Sankt Pölten gets on average 63.5 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Sankt Pölten warmed?
Yes: Sankt Pölten warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sankt Pölten?
The wettest day measured in Sankt Pölten between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2024, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sankt Pölten?
The windiest day measured in Sankt Pölten between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sankt Pölten?
The warmest month in Sankt Pölten is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sankt Pölten?
Sankt Pölten receives on average 680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sankt Pölten?
Sankt Pölten gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sankt Pölten?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sankt Pölten between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1941, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sankt Pölten?
Yes: Sankt Pölten has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sankt Pölten?
In Sankt Pölten, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 11 January 1940.
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