Laufen climate — normals and trends
Laufen (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 1,318 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Laufen averages 101 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Laufen has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -27.7 °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
LaufenBavaria
- coords
- 47.94°, 12.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,318mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
35.3 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
93 mm
19 July 1981
Windiest day
41.6 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
1 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
22.9 cm
28 October 1956
Sunniest day
15.4 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 64 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 28 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 103 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 39 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 118 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 89 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 225 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 116 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 88 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 100 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 97 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -63 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Laufen?
Laufen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 1,318 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laufen?
The hottest day measured in Laufen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Laufen?
The coldest day measured in Laufen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Laufen?
Yes. Laufen gets on average 145.0 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Laufen warmed?
Yes: Laufen warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Laufen?
The wettest day measured in Laufen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1981, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Laufen?
The windiest day measured in Laufen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 41.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Laufen?
The warmest month in Laufen is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Laufen?
Laufen receives on average 1,318 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Laufen?
Laufen gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Laufen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Laufen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1956, with 22.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Laufen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Laufen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laufen?
In Laufen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 27 July 1983, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 10 February 1956.
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