Kaltenkirchen climate — normals and trends
Kaltenkirchen (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 733 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kaltenkirchen averages 67 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Kaltenkirchen 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 86 to 48 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.4 °C (on 26 January 1942).
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
KaltenkirchenSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 53.83°, 9.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
733mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.2 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.4 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
88 mm
26 August 1946
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-28.6 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
12.8 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
16.4 h
1 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 13 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 38 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 21.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 96 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 141 mm | +63 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 101 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kaltenkirchen?
Kaltenkirchen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 733 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaltenkirchen?
The hottest day measured in Kaltenkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kaltenkirchen?
The coldest day measured in Kaltenkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -23.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kaltenkirchen?
Yes. Kaltenkirchen gets on average 36.7 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Kaltenkirchen warmed?
Yes: Kaltenkirchen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kaltenkirchen?
The wettest day measured in Kaltenkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1946, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kaltenkirchen?
The windiest day measured in Kaltenkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kaltenkirchen?
The warmest month in Kaltenkirchen is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kaltenkirchen?
Kaltenkirchen receives on average 733 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kaltenkirchen?
Kaltenkirchen gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kaltenkirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kaltenkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 12.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kaltenkirchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kaltenkirchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kaltenkirchen?
In Kaltenkirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -28.6 °C on 26 January 1942.
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