Güstrow climate — normals and trends
Güstrow has a warm-summer humid continental climate, averaging 8.6 °C annually with 652 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 53.80°, 12.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
652mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
35.7 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
54 mm
26 August 1946
Windiest day
56.6 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
17 February 1962
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
1 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.6 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.1 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 58 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 19 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 52 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 75 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 161 mm | +88 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 50 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 75 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 48 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Güstrow (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 652 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Güstrow averages 76 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Güstrow has warmed by +2.2 °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 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 16 February 1956).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Güstrow?
Güstrow has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 652 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Güstrow?
The hottest day measured in Güstrow between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Güstrow?
The coldest day measured in Güstrow between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Güstrow?
Yes. Güstrow gets on average 41.8 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Güstrow warmed?
Yes: Güstrow warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Güstrow?
The wettest day measured in Güstrow between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1946, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Güstrow?
The windiest day measured in Güstrow between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 56.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Güstrow?
The warmest month in Güstrow is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Güstrow?
Güstrow receives on average 652 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Güstrow?
Güstrow 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 Güstrow?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Güstrow between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 23.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Güstrow?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Güstrow.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Güstrow?
In Güstrow, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 1 August 1994, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 16 February 1956.
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