Bad Herrenalb climate — normals and trends
Bad Herrenalb (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 1,261 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bad Herrenalb averages 82 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.
Bad Herrenalb 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 99 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 5 July 2015) and the coldest -27.2 °C (on 13 January 1987).
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
Bad HerrenalbBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 48.80°, 8.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,261mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
176 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
35.7 °C
5 July 2015
Coldest day
-27.2 °C
13 January 1987
Wettest day
75 mm
29 October 1998
Windiest day
54.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
145.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
25.1 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 108 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 72 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 31 mm | -68 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 57 mm | -41 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 69 mm | -56 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 98 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 193 mm | +73 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 97 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 177 mm | +85 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 119 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 8.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 77 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 26 mm | -83 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Herrenalb?
Bad Herrenalb has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,261 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Herrenalb?
The hottest day measured in Bad Herrenalb between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2015, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Herrenalb?
The coldest day measured in Bad Herrenalb between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, at -27.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Herrenalb?
Yes. Bad Herrenalb gets on average 99.2 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Herrenalb warmed?
Yes: Bad Herrenalb warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Herrenalb?
The wettest day measured in Bad Herrenalb between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1998, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Herrenalb?
The windiest day measured in Bad Herrenalb between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Herrenalb?
The warmest month in Bad Herrenalb is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Herrenalb?
Bad Herrenalb receives on average 1,261 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Herrenalb?
Bad Herrenalb gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bad Herrenalb?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Herrenalb between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 25.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Herrenalb?
Yes: Bad Herrenalb has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bad Herrenalb?
In Bad Herrenalb, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 10 February 1956.
Compare Bad Herrenalb with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Bad Herrenalb