Bockenem climate — normals and trends
Bockenem (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 795 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 (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bockenem averages 77 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.
Bockenem 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 93 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -26.3 °C (on 27 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
BockenemLower Saxony
- coords
- 52.01°, 10.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
795mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
157 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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).
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
37.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
52 mm
12 August 1964
Windiest day
60.3 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
13 November 1972
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
2 January 1987
Sunniest day
15.9 h
21 June 2025
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 | +2.2 °C | 97 mm | +34 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 24 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 12 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 46 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 53 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 68 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 83 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 46 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 57 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 80 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 49 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 26 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bockenem?
Bockenem has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 795 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bockenem?
The hottest day measured in Bockenem between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bockenem?
The coldest day measured in Bockenem between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Bockenem?
Yes. Bockenem gets on average 62.4 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Bockenem warmed?
Yes: Bockenem warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bockenem?
The wettest day measured in Bockenem between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bockenem?
The windiest day measured in Bockenem between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bockenem?
The warmest month in Bockenem is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bockenem?
Bockenem receives on average 795 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bockenem?
Bockenem 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 Bockenem?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bockenem between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1987, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bockenem?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bockenem.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bockenem?
In Bockenem, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 27 January 1942.
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