Bützow climate — normals and trends
Bützow (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 654 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bützow averages 76 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Bützow has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 95 to 57 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -26.5 °C (on 16 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
BützowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 53.84°, 11.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
654mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
35.7 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
61 mm
26 August 1946
Windiest day
56.4 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
117.7 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
10 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
21.9 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.1 h
4 July 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 59 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 13 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 21 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 49 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 75 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 154 mm | +82 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 50 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 78 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 50 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 19 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bützow?
Bützow has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 654 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bützow?
The hottest day measured in Bützow between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bützow?
The coldest day measured in Bützow between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bützow?
Yes. Bützow gets on average 41.2 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Bützow warmed?
Yes: Bützow warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bützow?
The wettest day measured in Bützow between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1946, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bützow?
The windiest day measured in Bützow between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 56.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bützow?
The warmest month in Bützow is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bützow?
Bützow receives on average 654 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bützow?
Bützow 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 Bützow?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bützow between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 21.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bützow?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bützow.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bützow?
In Bützow, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 10 July 2010, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 16 February 1956.
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