Borkum climate — normals and trends
Borkum (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 975 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 August (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Borkum averages 27 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Borkum has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 40 to 14 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.1 °C (on 25 June 2019) and the coldest -13.4 °C (on 22 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
BorkumLower Saxony
- coords
- 53.58°, 6.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
975mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
30.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
27 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
22.2 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
42.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
31.1 °C
25 June 2019
Coldest day
-13.4 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
68 mm
7 July 1994
Windiest day
84.7 km/h
15 January 1984
Strongest gust
135.7 km/h
23 February 1967
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
25 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-21.8 °C
1 February 1940
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
8 February 1966
Sunniest day
16.4 h
21 June 2025
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 | 5.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 86 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 34 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 8.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 37 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 48 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 92 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 87 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 69 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 116 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 146 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 111 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 45 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Borkum?
Borkum has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Borkum?
The hottest day measured in Borkum between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2019, reaching 31.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Borkum?
The coldest day measured in Borkum between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -13.4 °C.
Does it snow in Borkum?
Yes. Borkum gets on average 22.2 cm of snow per year and has around 27 frost days.
Has the climate of Borkum warmed?
Yes: Borkum warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Borkum?
The wettest day measured in Borkum between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1994, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Borkum?
The windiest day measured in Borkum between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1984, with winds reaching 84.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Borkum?
The warmest month in Borkum is August (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Borkum?
Borkum receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Borkum?
Borkum gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Borkum?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Borkum between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1966, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Borkum?
Yes: Borkum has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Borkum?
In Borkum, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 25 June 2019, and the lowest was -21.8 °C on 1 February 1940.
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