Alpirsbach climate — normals and trends
Alpirsbach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 1,245 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Alpirsbach averages 103 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Alpirsbach has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 7 August 2015) and the coldest -26.2 °C (on 10 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
AlpirsbachBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 48.35°, 8.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,245mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
135.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 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
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
33.6 °C
7 August 2015
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
52 mm
19 March 2002
Windiest day
58.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
138.2 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
26.7 cm
6 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 1940
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 | +3.2 °C | 117 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 63 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 52 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 71 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 94 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +5.4 °C | 120 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 175 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 133 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 179 mm | +86 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 111 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 87 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | -68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alpirsbach?
Alpirsbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 1,245 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alpirsbach?
The hottest day measured in Alpirsbach between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2015, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alpirsbach?
The coldest day measured in Alpirsbach between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Alpirsbach?
Yes. Alpirsbach gets on average 135.2 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Alpirsbach warmed?
Yes: Alpirsbach warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alpirsbach?
The wettest day measured in Alpirsbach between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2002, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alpirsbach?
The windiest day measured in Alpirsbach between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 58.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alpirsbach?
The warmest month in Alpirsbach is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Alpirsbach?
Alpirsbach receives on average 1,245 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alpirsbach?
Alpirsbach 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 Alpirsbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alpirsbach between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1958, with 26.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alpirsbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alpirsbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alpirsbach?
In Alpirsbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 10 February 1956.
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