Alsfeld climate — normals and trends
Alsfeld (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 746 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Alsfeld averages 77 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Alsfeld has warmed by +2.1 °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 94 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -28.4 °C (on 19 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
AlsfeldHesse
- coords
- 50.75°, 9.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
746mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °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
36.4 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-28.4 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
121.0 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
11.8 cm
29 March 1952
Sunniest day
15.3 h
17 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 116 mm | +56 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 31 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 12 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 43 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 54 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 63 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 61 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 44 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 86 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 81 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 21 mm | -46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alsfeld?
Alsfeld has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 746 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alsfeld?
The hottest day measured in Alsfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alsfeld?
The coldest day measured in Alsfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -28.4 °C.
Does it snow in Alsfeld?
Yes. Alsfeld gets on average 49.7 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Alsfeld warmed?
Yes: Alsfeld warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alsfeld?
The wettest day measured in Alsfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alsfeld?
The windiest day measured in Alsfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alsfeld?
The warmest month in Alsfeld is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Alsfeld?
Alsfeld receives on average 746 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alsfeld?
Alsfeld gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alsfeld?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alsfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1952, with 11.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alsfeld?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alsfeld.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alsfeld?
In Alsfeld, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 19 January 1940.
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