Blankenburg climate — normals and trends
Blankenburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate, averaging 8.0 °C annually with 698 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
BlankenburgSaxony-Anhalt
- coords
- 51.79°, 10.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
698mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
89 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
37.0 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
62 mm
15 July 1956
Windiest day
54.4 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
22.6 cm
2 January 1987
Sunniest day
15.9 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 79 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | 3.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 28 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 14 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 43 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 55 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 55 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 93 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 57 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 62 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 21 mm | -32 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Blankenburg (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 698 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Blankenburg averages 89 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Blankenburg 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 105 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -27.5 °C (on 2 February 1956).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Blankenburg?
Blankenburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 698 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Blankenburg?
The hottest day measured in Blankenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Blankenburg?
The coldest day measured in Blankenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Blankenburg?
Yes. Blankenburg gets on average 64.3 cm of snow per year and has around 89 frost days.
Has the climate of Blankenburg warmed?
Yes: Blankenburg warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Blankenburg?
The wettest day measured in Blankenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1956, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Blankenburg?
The windiest day measured in Blankenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 54.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Blankenburg?
The warmest month in Blankenburg is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Blankenburg?
Blankenburg receives on average 698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Blankenburg?
Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Blankenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1987, with 22.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Blankenburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Blankenburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Blankenburg?
In Blankenburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 2 February 1956.
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