Esterwegen climate — normals and trends
Esterwegen (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 763 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Esterwegen averages 57 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Esterwegen has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 72 to 42 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.7 °C (on 13 February 1940).
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
EsterwegenLower Saxony
- coords
- 52.99°, 7.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
763mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 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
+2.0 °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
37.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.7 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
82 mm
29 June 1981
Windiest day
60.7 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.2 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 | 5.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 72 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 10 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 44 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 107 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 84 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 50 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 98 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 75 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Esterwegen?
Esterwegen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 763 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Esterwegen?
The hottest day measured in Esterwegen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Esterwegen?
The coldest day measured in Esterwegen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -25.7 °C.
Does it snow in Esterwegen?
Yes. Esterwegen gets on average 26.4 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Esterwegen warmed?
Yes: Esterwegen warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Esterwegen?
The wettest day measured in Esterwegen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1981, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Esterwegen?
The windiest day measured in Esterwegen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 60.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Esterwegen?
The warmest month in Esterwegen is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Esterwegen?
Esterwegen receives on average 763 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Esterwegen?
Esterwegen gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Esterwegen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Esterwegen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Esterwegen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Esterwegen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Esterwegen?
In Esterwegen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 13 February 1940.
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