Spratzern climate — normals and trends
Spratzern (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 740 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Spratzern averages 96 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Spratzern has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 7 August 1971) and the coldest -28.1 °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
SpratzernLower Austria
- coords
- 48.17°, 15.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
740mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
35.7 °C
7 August 1971
Coldest day
-28.1 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
86 mm
14 September 2024
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.4 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 | 3.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 14 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 82 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 64 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 75 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 46 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 113 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 38 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 51 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 49 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Spratzern?
Spratzern has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 740 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Spratzern?
The hottest day measured in Spratzern between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1971, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Spratzern?
The coldest day measured in Spratzern between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -28.1 °C.
Does it snow in Spratzern?
Yes. Spratzern gets on average 75.0 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Spratzern warmed?
Yes: Spratzern warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Spratzern?
The wettest day measured in Spratzern between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2024, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Spratzern?
The windiest day measured in Spratzern between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Spratzern?
The warmest month in Spratzern is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Spratzern?
Spratzern receives on average 740 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Spratzern?
Spratzern 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 Spratzern?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Spratzern between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1941, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Spratzern?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Spratzern.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Spratzern?
In Spratzern, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 11 January 1940.
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