Langenzenn climate — normals and trends
Langenzenn (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Langenzenn averages 80 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Langenzenn has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -27.4 °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
LangenzennBavaria
- coords
- 49.49°, 10.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
37.9 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
53 mm
29 June 2021
Windiest day
58.5 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.3 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 71 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 37 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 25 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 29 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 40 mm | -35 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 51 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 100 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 55 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 148 mm | +93 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 73 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Langenzenn?
Langenzenn has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Langenzenn?
The hottest day measured in Langenzenn between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Langenzenn?
The coldest day measured in Langenzenn between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Langenzenn?
Yes. Langenzenn gets on average 53.6 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Langenzenn warmed?
Yes: Langenzenn warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Langenzenn?
The wettest day measured in Langenzenn between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2021, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Langenzenn?
The windiest day measured in Langenzenn between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 58.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Langenzenn?
The warmest month in Langenzenn is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Langenzenn?
Langenzenn receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Langenzenn?
Langenzenn gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Langenzenn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Langenzenn between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Langenzenn?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Langenzenn.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Langenzenn?
In Langenzenn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 10 February 1956.
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