Friedeburg climate — normals and trends
Friedeburg (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 794 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Friedeburg averages 58 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Friedeburg 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 74 to 42 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -23.1 °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
FriedeburgLower Saxony
- coords
- 53.45°, 7.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
794mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
58 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-23.1 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
58 mm
29 June 1981
Windiest day
63.3 km/h
26 February 2002
Strongest gust
133.2 km/h
23 February 1967
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.7 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
8 February 1966
Sunniest day
16.5 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 66 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 26 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 15 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 31 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 21.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 111 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 100 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 53 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 78 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 106 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 80 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Friedeburg?
Friedeburg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 794 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Friedeburg?
The hottest day measured in Friedeburg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Friedeburg?
The coldest day measured in Friedeburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -23.1 °C.
Does it snow in Friedeburg?
Yes. Friedeburg gets on average 26.5 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.
Has the climate of Friedeburg warmed?
Yes: Friedeburg warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Friedeburg?
The wettest day measured in Friedeburg between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1981, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Friedeburg?
The windiest day measured in Friedeburg between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2002, with winds reaching 63.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Friedeburg?
The warmest month in Friedeburg is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Friedeburg?
Friedeburg receives on average 794 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Friedeburg?
Friedeburg gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Friedeburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Friedeburg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1966, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Friedeburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Friedeburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Friedeburg?
In Friedeburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -27.7 °C on 13 February 1940.
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