Alt-Sanitz climate — normals and trends
Alt-Sanitz (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 632 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alt-Sanitz averages 82 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Alt-Sanitz has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 1 August 1994) and the coldest -26.2 °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
Alt-SanitzMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 53.81°, 13.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
632mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
36.9 °C
1 August 1994
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
51 mm
28 June 1991
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
30 January 2022
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
10 July 1959
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
9 February 1986
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
2 July 2025
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 | +2.5 °C | 65 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 27 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 14 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 51 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 60 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 187 mm | +110 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 44 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 71 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 72 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alt-Sanitz?
Alt-Sanitz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alt-Sanitz?
The hottest day measured in Alt-Sanitz between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1994, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alt-Sanitz?
The coldest day measured in Alt-Sanitz between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Alt-Sanitz?
Yes. Alt-Sanitz gets on average 43.6 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Alt-Sanitz warmed?
Yes: Alt-Sanitz warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alt-Sanitz?
The wettest day measured in Alt-Sanitz between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1991, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alt-Sanitz?
The windiest day measured in Alt-Sanitz between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alt-Sanitz?
The warmest month in Alt-Sanitz is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Alt-Sanitz?
Alt-Sanitz receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alt-Sanitz?
Alt-Sanitz gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alt-Sanitz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alt-Sanitz between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alt-Sanitz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alt-Sanitz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alt-Sanitz?
In Alt-Sanitz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 10 July 1959, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 9 February 1986.
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