Friedrichroda climate — normals and trends
Friedrichroda (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 828 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Friedrichroda averages 97 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.
Friedrichroda 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 115 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 11 January 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
FriedrichrodaThuringia
- coords
- 50.86°, 10.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
828mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
156 d/yr
Annual snowfall
83.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
81 mm
10 August 1981
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
18 January 2018
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.2 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.5 h
13 June 2006
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 81 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 3.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 20 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 45 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 55 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 68 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 89 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 67 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 82 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 6.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Friedrichroda?
Friedrichroda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 828 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Friedrichroda?
The hottest day measured in Friedrichroda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Friedrichroda?
The coldest day measured in Friedrichroda between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Friedrichroda?
Yes. Friedrichroda gets on average 83.2 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Friedrichroda warmed?
Yes: Friedrichroda warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Friedrichroda?
The wettest day measured in Friedrichroda between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1981, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Friedrichroda?
The windiest day measured in Friedrichroda between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Friedrichroda?
The warmest month in Friedrichroda is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Friedrichroda?
Friedrichroda receives on average 828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Friedrichroda?
Friedrichroda gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Friedrichroda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Friedrichroda between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 16.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Friedrichroda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Friedrichroda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Friedrichroda?
In Friedrichroda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 11 January 1940.
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