Bad Salzungen climate — normals and trends
Bad Salzungen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 810 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bad Salzungen averages 90 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Bad Salzungen has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 18 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
Bad SalzungenThuringia
- coords
- 50.81°, 10.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
810mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 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
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
35.8 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
86 mm
10 August 1981
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
18 January 2018
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
18 January 1940
Snowiest day
13.5 cm
22 March 2007
Sunniest day
15.5 h
13 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 | +3.3 °C | 89 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 31 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 16 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 45 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 59 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 84 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 62 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 96 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 80 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 36 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 20 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Salzungen?
Bad Salzungen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 810 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Salzungen?
The hottest day measured in Bad Salzungen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Salzungen?
The coldest day measured in Bad Salzungen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Salzungen?
Yes. Bad Salzungen gets on average 75.5 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Salzungen warmed?
Yes: Bad Salzungen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Salzungen?
The wettest day measured in Bad Salzungen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1981, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Salzungen?
The windiest day measured in Bad Salzungen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Salzungen?
The warmest month in Bad Salzungen is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Salzungen?
Bad Salzungen receives on average 810 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Salzungen?
Bad Salzungen gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bad Salzungen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Salzungen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2007, with 13.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Salzungen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bad Salzungen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bad Salzungen?
In Bad Salzungen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 18 January 1940.
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