Faßberg climate — normals and trends
Faßberg (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 698 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Faßberg averages 70 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Faßberg 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 87 to 53 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -25.0 °C (on 2 January 1997).
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
FaßbergLower Saxony
- coords
- 52.90°, 10.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
698mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
70 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 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
+2.2 °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
38.9 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-25.0 °C
2 January 1997
Wettest day
69 mm
18 July 2002
Windiest day
61.0 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
2 January 1997
Snowiest day
15.4 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
16.2 h
23 June 2009
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 | 72 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 10 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 43 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 75 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 90 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 29 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 35 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 78 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 65 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 29 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Faßberg?
Faßberg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 698 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Faßberg?
The hottest day measured in Faßberg between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Faßberg?
The coldest day measured in Faßberg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1997, at -25.0 °C.
Does it snow in Faßberg?
Yes. Faßberg gets on average 38.4 cm of snow per year and has around 70 frost days.
Has the climate of Faßberg warmed?
Yes: Faßberg warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Faßberg?
The wettest day measured in Faßberg between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2002, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Faßberg?
The windiest day measured in Faßberg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 61.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Faßberg?
The warmest month in Faßberg is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Faßberg?
Faßberg receives on average 698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Faßberg?
Faßberg gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Faßberg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Faßberg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 15.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Faßberg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Faßberg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Faßberg?
In Faßberg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 2 January 1997.
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