Bad Windsheim climate — normals and trends
Bad Windsheim (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 769 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bad Windsheim averages 79 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Bad Windsheim has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -26.1 °C (on 23 January 1942).
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 WindsheimBavaria
- coords
- 49.50°, 10.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
769mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
37.8 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
52 mm
20 November 2015
Windiest day
56.5 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.3 h
22 June 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 39 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 34 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +5.5 °C | 56 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 101 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 57 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 152 mm | +95 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 72 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bad Windsheim?
Bad Windsheim has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 769 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bad Windsheim?
The hottest day measured in Bad Windsheim between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bad Windsheim?
The coldest day measured in Bad Windsheim between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Bad Windsheim?
Yes. Bad Windsheim gets on average 56.3 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Bad Windsheim warmed?
Yes: Bad Windsheim warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bad Windsheim?
The wettest day measured in Bad Windsheim between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2015, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bad Windsheim?
The windiest day measured in Bad Windsheim between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 56.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bad Windsheim?
The warmest month in Bad Windsheim is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Bad Windsheim?
Bad Windsheim receives on average 769 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bad Windsheim?
Bad Windsheim gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bad Windsheim?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bad Windsheim between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bad Windsheim?
Yes: Bad Windsheim 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 Windsheim?
In Bad Windsheim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 23 January 1942.
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