Bad Saulgau climate — normals and trends
Bad Saulgau (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,033 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bad Saulgau averages 96 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Bad Saulgau 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 116 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -27.6 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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 SaulgauBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 48.02°, 9.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,033mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
35.6 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-27.6 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
60 mm
11 July 1956
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.7 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 91 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 46 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 39 mm | -43 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 87 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 74 mm | -49 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 165 mm | +43 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 152 mm | +40 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 172 mm | +92 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 79 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Saulgau?
Bad Saulgau has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,033 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Saulgau?
The hottest day measured in Bad Saulgau between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Saulgau?
The coldest day measured in Bad Saulgau between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -27.6 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Saulgau?
Yes. Bad Saulgau gets on average 91.4 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Saulgau warmed?
Yes: Bad Saulgau warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Saulgau?
The wettest day measured in Bad Saulgau between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1956, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Saulgau?
The windiest day measured in Bad Saulgau between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Saulgau?
The warmest month in Bad Saulgau is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Saulgau?
Bad Saulgau receives on average 1,033 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Saulgau?
Bad Saulgau gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bad Saulgau?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Saulgau between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 23.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Saulgau?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bad Saulgau.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bad Saulgau?
In Bad Saulgau, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 10 February 1956.
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