Eckernförde climate — normals and trends
Eckernförde (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 717 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Eckernförde averages 65 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Eckernförde has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 45 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -24.2 °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
EckernfördeSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.47°, 9.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
717mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
20.4km/h
Seasonal range
16.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
65 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
34.8 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
69 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
66.0 km/h
3 December 1999
Strongest gust
126.0 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.8 h
29 June 2019
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 | 4.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 70 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 16 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 32 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 44 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 82 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 139 mm | +64 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 36 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 104 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 44 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 28 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eckernförde?
Eckernförde has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 717 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eckernförde?
The hottest day measured in Eckernförde between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 34.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eckernförde?
The coldest day measured in Eckernförde between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Eckernförde?
Yes. Eckernförde gets on average 38.2 cm of snow per year and has around 65 frost days.
Has the climate of Eckernförde warmed?
Yes: Eckernförde warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eckernförde?
The wettest day measured in Eckernförde between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eckernförde?
The windiest day measured in Eckernförde between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1999, with winds reaching 66.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eckernförde?
The warmest month in Eckernförde is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Eckernförde?
Eckernförde receives on average 717 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eckernförde?
Eckernförde gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eckernförde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eckernförde between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eckernförde?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Eckernförde.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eckernförde?
In Eckernförde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 27 January 1942.
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