Kirchen climate — normals and trends
Kirchen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 975 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 (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kirchen averages 80 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.
Kirchen 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 96 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -27.7 °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
KirchenRhineland-Palatinate
- coords
- 50.81°, 7.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
975mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
163 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
36.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
79 mm
22 October 1986
Windiest day
52.6 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
130.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
16.2 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.3 h
30 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 165 mm | +73 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 38 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 13 mm | -66 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 64 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 72 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 73 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 83 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 37 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 108 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 115 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 40 mm | -62 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kirchen?
Kirchen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirchen?
The hottest day measured in Kirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kirchen?
The coldest day measured in Kirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kirchen?
Yes. Kirchen gets on average 76.0 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Kirchen warmed?
Yes: Kirchen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kirchen?
The wettest day measured in Kirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1986, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kirchen?
The windiest day measured in Kirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kirchen?
The warmest month in Kirchen is July (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kirchen?
Kirchen receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kirchen?
Kirchen gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 16.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kirchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kirchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirchen?
In Kirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 13 February 1940.
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