Einfeld climate — normals and trends
Einfeld (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 727 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Einfeld averages 68 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Einfeld 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 87 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -24.6 °C (on 26 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
EinfeldSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.12°, 9.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
36.1 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-24.6 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
90 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
55.9 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.6 h
28 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 17 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 14 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 34 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 91 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 141 mm | +66 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 102 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 64 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Einfeld?
Einfeld has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Einfeld?
The hottest day measured in Einfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Einfeld?
The coldest day measured in Einfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -24.6 °C.
Does it snow in Einfeld?
Yes. Einfeld gets on average 38.0 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Einfeld warmed?
Yes: Einfeld warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Einfeld?
The wettest day measured in Einfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Einfeld?
The windiest day measured in Einfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 55.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Einfeld?
The warmest month in Einfeld is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Einfeld?
Einfeld receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Einfeld?
Einfeld 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 Einfeld?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Einfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Einfeld?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Einfeld.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Einfeld?
In Einfeld, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 26 January 1942.
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