Kellinghusen climate — normals and trends
Kellinghusen (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 750 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kellinghusen averages 66 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Kellinghusen 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 85 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.6 °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
KellinghusenSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 53.95°, 9.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
16.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
66 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
35.5 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.6 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
76 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
56.0 km/h
28 October 2013
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.6 h
23 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 62 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 17 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 14 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 32 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 97 mm | +29 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 141 mm | +62 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 53 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 107 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kellinghusen?
Kellinghusen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kellinghusen?
The hottest day measured in Kellinghusen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kellinghusen?
The coldest day measured in Kellinghusen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -23.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kellinghusen?
Yes. Kellinghusen gets on average 36.5 cm of snow per year and has around 66 frost days.
Has the climate of Kellinghusen warmed?
Yes: Kellinghusen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kellinghusen?
The wettest day measured in Kellinghusen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kellinghusen?
The windiest day measured in Kellinghusen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2013, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kellinghusen?
The warmest month in Kellinghusen is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kellinghusen?
Kellinghusen receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kellinghusen?
Kellinghusen gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kellinghusen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kellinghusen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kellinghusen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kellinghusen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kellinghusen?
In Kellinghusen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 26 January 1942.
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