Kemnath climate — normals and trends
Kemnath (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 793 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kemnath averages 100 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Kemnath 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 117 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -26.1 °C (on 23 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
KemnathBavaria
- coords
- 49.87°, 11.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
793mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
36.1 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
51 mm
8 August 1978
Windiest day
52.9 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
24 April 1980
Sunniest day
15.6 h
20 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 81 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 2.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 22 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 22 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 26 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 52 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 55 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 115 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 41 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 104 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 11.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 80 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 5.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 42 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 18 mm | -52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kemnath?
Kemnath has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 793 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kemnath?
The hottest day measured in Kemnath between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kemnath?
The coldest day measured in Kemnath between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kemnath?
Yes. Kemnath gets on average 86.9 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Kemnath warmed?
Yes: Kemnath warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kemnath?
The wettest day measured in Kemnath between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1978, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kemnath?
The windiest day measured in Kemnath between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kemnath?
The warmest month in Kemnath is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kemnath?
Kemnath receives on average 793 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kemnath?
Kemnath 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 Kemnath?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kemnath between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1980, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kemnath?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kemnath.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kemnath?
In Kemnath, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 10 February 1956.
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