Ahrensbök climate — normals and trends
Ahrensbök (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 690 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 (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ahrensbök averages 68 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Ahrensbök has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -21.8 °C (on 16 February 1956).
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
AhrensbökSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.01°, 10.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
690mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
39.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
36.1 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-21.8 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
104 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
60.6 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
123.1 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.5 h
24 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 14 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 34 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 53 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 21.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 90 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 145 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | -45 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 55 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 91 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 31 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ahrensbök?
Ahrensbök has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ahrensbök?
The hottest day measured in Ahrensbök between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ahrensbök?
The coldest day measured in Ahrensbök between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -21.8 °C.
Does it snow in Ahrensbök?
Yes. Ahrensbök gets on average 39.6 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Ahrensbök warmed?
Yes: Ahrensbök warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ahrensbök?
The wettest day measured in Ahrensbök between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ahrensbök?
The windiest day measured in Ahrensbök between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 60.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ahrensbök?
The warmest month in Ahrensbök is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ahrensbök?
Ahrensbök receives on average 690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ahrensbök?
Ahrensbök gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ahrensbök?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ahrensbök between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ahrensbök?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ahrensbök.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ahrensbök?
In Ahrensbök, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 27 January 1942.
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