Ternitz climate — normals and trends
Ternitz (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 955 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ternitz averages 109 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Ternitz 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 133 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 5 January 1947).
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
TernitzLower Austria
- coords
- 47.72°, 16.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
955mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 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
34.2 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
5 January 1947
Wettest day
68 mm
31 May 1967
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
29 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
5 January 1947
Snowiest day
24.9 cm
4 November 1950
Sunniest day
15.6 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 30 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 17 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 95 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 70 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 92 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 93 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 134 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 93 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 134 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 53 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 68 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 31 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ternitz?
Ternitz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 955 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ternitz?
The hottest day measured in Ternitz between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ternitz?
The coldest day measured in Ternitz between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1947, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ternitz?
Yes. Ternitz gets on average 113.3 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Ternitz warmed?
Yes: Ternitz warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ternitz?
The wettest day measured in Ternitz between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1967, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ternitz?
The windiest day measured in Ternitz between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ternitz?
The warmest month in Ternitz is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ternitz?
Ternitz receives on average 955 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ternitz?
Ternitz gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ternitz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ternitz between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1950, with 24.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ternitz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ternitz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ternitz?
In Ternitz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 5 January 1947.
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