Gladenbach climate — normals and trends
Gladenbach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 767 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Gladenbach averages 79 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Gladenbach has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 19 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
GladenbachHesse
- coords
- 50.77°, 8.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
767mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 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
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
36.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
22 October 1986
Windiest day
51.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
127.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
29 March 1952
Sunniest day
15.3 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 134 mm | +71 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 36 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 13 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 55 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 50 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 55 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 77 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 40 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 99 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 82 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 44 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gladenbach?
Gladenbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 767 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gladenbach?
The hottest day measured in Gladenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gladenbach?
The coldest day measured in Gladenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Gladenbach?
Yes. Gladenbach gets on average 54.7 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Gladenbach warmed?
Yes: Gladenbach warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gladenbach?
The wettest day measured in Gladenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1986, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gladenbach?
The windiest day measured in Gladenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 51.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gladenbach?
The warmest month in Gladenbach is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Gladenbach?
Gladenbach receives on average 767 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gladenbach?
Gladenbach gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gladenbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gladenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1952, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gladenbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gladenbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gladenbach?
In Gladenbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 19 January 1940.
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