Lüchow climate — normals and trends
Lüchow has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 9.4 °C annually with 630 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
LüchowLower Saxony
- coords
- 52.97°, 11.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
630mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
38.8 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
57 mm
27 September 1965
Windiest day
60.1 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
13 November 1972
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
14.0 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
16.1 h
27 June 2005
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and compare it with the normal: warmer, drier, more extreme?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 71 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 9 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 31 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 34 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 58 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 117 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 69 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 24 mm | -27 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Lüchow (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 630 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Lüchow averages 67 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Lüchow 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 84 to 50 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -24.2 °C (on 16 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.
Compare Lüchow with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Lüchow
Other cities — Germany
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lüchow?
Lüchow has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lüchow?
The hottest day measured in Lüchow between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 38.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lüchow?
The coldest day measured in Lüchow between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Lüchow?
Yes. Lüchow gets on average 34.4 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Lüchow warmed?
Yes: Lüchow warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lüchow?
The wettest day measured in Lüchow between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1965, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lüchow?
The windiest day measured in Lüchow between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 60.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lüchow?
The warmest month in Lüchow is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Lüchow?
Lüchow receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lüchow?
Lüchow gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lüchow?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lüchow between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 14.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lüchow?
Yes: Lüchow has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lüchow?
In Lüchow, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 16 February 1956.
These forecasts and records come from our own weather API. Developer documentation →