Wolfsberg climate — normals and trends
Wolfsberg (Austria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 934 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 (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Wolfsberg averages 130 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Wolfsberg has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 3 August 2013) and the coldest -31.6 °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
WolfsbergCarinthia
- coords
- 46.84°, 14.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
934mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
8.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
130 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 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
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
34.6 °C
3 August 2013
Coldest day
-31.6 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
64 mm
5 July 2022
Windiest day
27.0 km/h
14 March 1967
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
19 May 1965
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-36.2 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
29.1 cm
14 February 1973
Sunniest day
15.3 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 | +3.9 °C | 32 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 121 mm | +65 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 78 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 91 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 41 mm | -80 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 114 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 76 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 164 mm | +77 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 46 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 77 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 21 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wolfsberg?
Wolfsberg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 934 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wolfsberg?
The hottest day measured in Wolfsberg between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2013, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wolfsberg?
The coldest day measured in Wolfsberg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -31.6 °C.
Does it snow in Wolfsberg?
Yes. Wolfsberg gets on average 112.7 cm of snow per year and has around 130 frost days.
Has the climate of Wolfsberg warmed?
Yes: Wolfsberg warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wolfsberg?
The wettest day measured in Wolfsberg between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2022, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wolfsberg?
The windiest day measured in Wolfsberg between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1967, with winds reaching 27.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wolfsberg?
The warmest month in Wolfsberg is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Wolfsberg?
Wolfsberg receives on average 934 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wolfsberg?
Wolfsberg 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 Wolfsberg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wolfsberg between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1973, with 29.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wolfsberg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wolfsberg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wolfsberg?
In Wolfsberg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -36.2 °C on 8 January 1985.
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