Kölleda climate — normals and trends
Kölleda (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 559 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kölleda averages 83 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Kölleda has warmed by +2.3 °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 100 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 27 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
KölledaThuringia
- coords
- 51.19°, 11.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
559mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °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
38.1 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
79 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
52.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
21 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.8 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 65 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 37 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 46 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 46 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 71 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 59 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 66 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 51 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 25 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 16 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kölleda?
Kölleda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 559 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kölleda?
The hottest day measured in Kölleda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kölleda?
The coldest day measured in Kölleda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kölleda?
Yes. Kölleda gets on average 41.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Kölleda warmed?
Yes: Kölleda warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kölleda?
The wettest day measured in Kölleda between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kölleda?
The windiest day measured in Kölleda between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kölleda?
The warmest month in Kölleda is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kölleda?
Kölleda receives on average 559 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kölleda?
Kölleda 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 Kölleda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kölleda between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kölleda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kölleda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kölleda?
In Kölleda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 21 August 1943, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 27 January 1942.
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