Biedenkopf climate — normals and trends
Biedenkopf (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 821 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Biedenkopf averages 90 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Biedenkopf 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 109 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 13 February 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
BiedenkopfHesse
- coords
- 50.91°, 8.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
821mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
34.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
53.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
135.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
29 March 1952
Sunniest day
15.4 h
1 July 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 138 mm | +67 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 38 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 19 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 65 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 46 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 56 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 76 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 37 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 79 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 90 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 45 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Biedenkopf?
Biedenkopf has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 821 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Biedenkopf?
The hottest day measured in Biedenkopf between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Biedenkopf?
The coldest day measured in Biedenkopf between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Biedenkopf?
Yes. Biedenkopf gets on average 84.8 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Biedenkopf warmed?
Yes: Biedenkopf warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Biedenkopf?
The wettest day measured in Biedenkopf between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Biedenkopf?
The windiest day measured in Biedenkopf between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Biedenkopf?
The warmest month in Biedenkopf is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Biedenkopf?
Biedenkopf receives on average 821 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Biedenkopf?
Biedenkopf 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 Biedenkopf?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Biedenkopf between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1952, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Biedenkopf?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Biedenkopf.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Biedenkopf?
In Biedenkopf, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 13 August 2025, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 13 February 1940.
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