Kahla climate — normals and trends
Kahla (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 721 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kahla averages 84 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Kahla has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 102 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -26.2 °C (on 5 February 2012).
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
KahlaThuringia
- coords
- 50.81°, 11.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
721mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
84 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
36.8 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
5 February 2012
Wettest day
62 mm
9 July 2021
Windiest day
49.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
5 February 2012
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.7 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 | 5.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 55 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 22 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 30 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 43 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 46 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 59 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 93 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 25.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 59 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 97 mm | +44 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 27 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 17 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kahla?
Kahla has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 721 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kahla?
The hottest day measured in Kahla between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kahla?
The coldest day measured in Kahla between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2012, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kahla?
Yes. Kahla gets on average 67.1 cm of snow per year and has around 84 frost days.
Has the climate of Kahla warmed?
Yes: Kahla warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kahla?
The wettest day measured in Kahla between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2021, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kahla?
The windiest day measured in Kahla between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kahla?
The warmest month in Kahla is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kahla?
Kahla receives on average 721 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kahla?
Kahla gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kahla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kahla between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kahla?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kahla.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kahla?
In Kahla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 5 February 2012.
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