Hilchenbach climate — normals and trends
Hilchenbach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,132 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Hilchenbach averages 88 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Hilchenbach has warmed by +2.1 °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 107 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -26.7 °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
HilchenbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
- coords
- 51.00°, 8.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,132mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
16.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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).
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
34.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
63 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
56.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
134.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-31.3 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.4 h
23 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 175 mm | +71 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 37 mm | -49 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 23 mm | -66 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 88 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 71 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 86 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 103 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 46 mm | -53 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 94 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 125 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 56 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 41 mm | -68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hilchenbach?
Hilchenbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,132 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hilchenbach?
The hottest day measured in Hilchenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hilchenbach?
The coldest day measured in Hilchenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Hilchenbach?
Yes. Hilchenbach gets on average 117.6 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Hilchenbach warmed?
Yes: Hilchenbach warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hilchenbach?
The wettest day measured in Hilchenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hilchenbach?
The windiest day measured in Hilchenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hilchenbach?
The warmest month in Hilchenbach is July (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Hilchenbach?
Hilchenbach receives on average 1,132 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hilchenbach?
Hilchenbach 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 Hilchenbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hilchenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hilchenbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hilchenbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hilchenbach?
In Hilchenbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -31.3 °C on 13 February 1940.
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