Erbach climate — normals and trends
Erbach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 902 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Erbach averages 93 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Erbach has warmed by +2.0 °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 111 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -27.5 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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
ErbachBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 48.33°, 9.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
902mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
35.8 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
68 mm
19 August 2022
Windiest day
58.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.1 h
18 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 85 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 42 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 42 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 41 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 65 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +5.6 °C | 87 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 145 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 106 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 166 mm | +97 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 56 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 71 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Erbach?
Erbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 902 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Erbach?
The hottest day measured in Erbach between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Erbach?
The coldest day measured in Erbach between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Erbach?
Yes. Erbach gets on average 68.4 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Erbach warmed?
Yes: Erbach warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Erbach?
The wettest day measured in Erbach between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 2022, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Erbach?
The windiest day measured in Erbach between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 58.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Erbach?
The warmest month in Erbach is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Erbach?
Erbach receives on average 902 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Erbach?
Erbach gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Erbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Erbach between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Erbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Erbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Erbach?
In Erbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 10 February 1956.
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