Klingenthal climate — normals and trends
Klingenthal (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 789 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Klingenthal averages 120 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Klingenthal 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 141 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -26.5 °C (on 2 February 1956).
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
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- coords
- 50.36°, 12.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
789mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.9 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
34.5 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
60 mm
8 August 1978
Windiest day
50.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
136.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
24 April 1980
Sunniest day
15.8 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 74 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 13 mm | -42 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 29 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 44 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 42 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 110 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 43 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 91 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 80 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 5.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 33 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 20 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Klingenthal?
Klingenthal has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 789 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Klingenthal?
The hottest day measured in Klingenthal between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Klingenthal?
The coldest day measured in Klingenthal between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Klingenthal?
Yes. Klingenthal gets on average 117.9 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Klingenthal warmed?
Yes: Klingenthal warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Klingenthal?
The wettest day measured in Klingenthal between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1978, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Klingenthal?
The windiest day measured in Klingenthal between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Klingenthal?
The warmest month in Klingenthal is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Klingenthal?
Klingenthal receives on average 789 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Klingenthal?
Klingenthal 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 Klingenthal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Klingenthal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1980, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Klingenthal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Klingenthal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Klingenthal?
In Klingenthal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 2 February 1956.
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