Bad Wildungen climate — normals and trends
Bad Wildungen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 664 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bad Wildungen averages 81 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Bad Wildungen has warmed by +2.2 °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 99 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.4 °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
Bad WildungenHesse
- coords
- 51.12°, 9.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
664mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °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
35.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
59 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
24 November 1984
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.4 cm
29 March 1952
Sunniest day
15.4 h
29 June 2019
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 | +2.3 °C | 114 mm | +62 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 16 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 48 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 42 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 44 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 67 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 36 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 62 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 21 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Wildungen?
Bad Wildungen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Wildungen?
The hottest day measured in Bad Wildungen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Wildungen?
The coldest day measured in Bad Wildungen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Wildungen?
Yes. Bad Wildungen gets on average 49.8 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Wildungen warmed?
Yes: Bad Wildungen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Wildungen?
The wettest day measured in Bad Wildungen between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Wildungen?
The windiest day measured in Bad Wildungen between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1984, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Wildungen?
The warmest month in Bad Wildungen is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Wildungen?
Bad Wildungen receives on average 664 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Wildungen?
Bad Wildungen 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 Wildungen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Wildungen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1952, with 15.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Wildungen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bad Wildungen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bad Wildungen?
In Bad Wildungen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 19 January 1940.
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