Wilhelmsburg climate — normals and trends
Wilhelmsburg (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 1,086 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wilhelmsburg averages 110 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Wilhelmsburg has warmed by +2.6 °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 135 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 8 July 1957) and the coldest -26.1 °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
WilhelmsburgLower Austria
- coords
- 48.11°, 15.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,086mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
167.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 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
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
33.9 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
100 mm
7 August 2002
Windiest day
43.6 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
29 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.5 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
22 November 1970
Sunniest day
15.8 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 | 3.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 34 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 18 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 109 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 95 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | -1.3 °C | 102 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 102 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 22.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 197 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 79 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 98 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 74 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 72 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 29 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wilhelmsburg?
Wilhelmsburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 1,086 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wilhelmsburg?
The hottest day measured in Wilhelmsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1957, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wilhelmsburg?
The coldest day measured in Wilhelmsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Wilhelmsburg?
Yes. Wilhelmsburg gets on average 167.8 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Wilhelmsburg warmed?
Yes: Wilhelmsburg warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wilhelmsburg?
The wettest day measured in Wilhelmsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2002, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wilhelmsburg?
The windiest day measured in Wilhelmsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wilhelmsburg?
The warmest month in Wilhelmsburg is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Wilhelmsburg?
Wilhelmsburg receives on average 1,086 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wilhelmsburg?
Wilhelmsburg 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 Wilhelmsburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wilhelmsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1970, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wilhelmsburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wilhelmsburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wilhelmsburg?
In Wilhelmsburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.5 °C on 11 January 1940.
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