Buch climate — normals and trends
Buch (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 610 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 July.
Buch averages 79 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Buch has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -24.5 °C (on 9 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.
Climate normals · ERA5
BuchState of Berlin
- coords
- 52.63°, 13.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
610mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
38.2 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-24.5 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
71 mm
29 June 2017
Windiest day
59.3 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
117.7 km/h
13 November 1972
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
15 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
11 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 71 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 20 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 15 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 36 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 38 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 135 mm | +66 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 37 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 42 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 69 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 37 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Buch?
Buch has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 610 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buch?
The hottest day measured in Buch between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Buch?
The coldest day measured in Buch between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -24.5 °C.
Does it snow in Buch?
Yes. Buch gets on average 40.9 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Buch warmed?
Yes: Buch warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Buch?
The wettest day measured in Buch between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2017, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Buch?
The windiest day measured in Buch between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Buch?
The warmest month in Buch is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Buch?
Buch receives on average 610 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Buch?
Buch gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Buch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Buch between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1990, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Buch?
Yes: Buch has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buch?
In Buch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 15 August 2025, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 9 February 1956.
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