Leck climate — normals and trends
Leck (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 768 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Leck averages 65 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Leck has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 83 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 9 August 1992) and the coldest -21.4 °C (on 26 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
LeckSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.77°, 8.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
768mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
22.3km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
65 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
42.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
33.4 °C
9 August 1992
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
50 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
75.6 km/h
3 December 1999
Strongest gust
144.4 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
34.6 °C
8 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-26.9 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
26 January 1995
Sunniest day
17.0 h
26 June 2005
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 79 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 12 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 34 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 40 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 142 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 51 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 118 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 47 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 7.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 35 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Leck?
Leck has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 768 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leck?
The hottest day measured in Leck between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1992, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Leck?
The coldest day measured in Leck between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Leck?
Yes. Leck gets on average 34.3 cm of snow per year and has around 65 frost days.
Has the climate of Leck warmed?
Yes: Leck warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Leck?
The wettest day measured in Leck between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Leck?
The windiest day measured in Leck between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1999, with winds reaching 75.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Leck?
The warmest month in Leck is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Leck?
Leck receives on average 768 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Leck?
Leck gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Leck?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Leck between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1995, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Leck?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Leck.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leck?
In Leck, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.6 °C on 8 July 1941, and the lowest was -26.9 °C on 26 January 1942.
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