Wölfnitz climate — normals and trends
Wölfnitz (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 941 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Wölfnitz averages 131 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Wölfnitz has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 3 August 2013) and the coldest -30.9 °C (on 8 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
WölfnitzCarinthia
- coords
- 46.67°, 14.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
941mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
123.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
26.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
35.4 °C
3 August 2013
Coldest day
-30.9 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
59 mm
3 November 2023
Windiest day
27.6 km/h
16 March 1962
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
22 October 2014
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
20 January 1940
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
29 January 1978
Sunniest day
15.2 h
29 June 2011
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 47 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 36 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 122 mm | +64 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 73 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 116 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 41 mm | -71 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 132 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 80 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 164 mm | +74 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 52 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 80 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wölfnitz?
Wölfnitz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 941 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wölfnitz?
The hottest day measured in Wölfnitz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2013, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wölfnitz?
The coldest day measured in Wölfnitz between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -30.9 °C.
Does it snow in Wölfnitz?
Yes. Wölfnitz gets on average 123.3 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Wölfnitz warmed?
Yes: Wölfnitz warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wölfnitz?
The wettest day measured in Wölfnitz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2023, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wölfnitz?
The windiest day measured in Wölfnitz between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1962, with winds reaching 27.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wölfnitz?
The warmest month in Wölfnitz is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Wölfnitz?
Wölfnitz receives on average 941 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wölfnitz?
Wölfnitz gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wölfnitz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wölfnitz between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1978, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wölfnitz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wölfnitz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wölfnitz?
In Wölfnitz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 20 January 1940.
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