Luckenwalde climate — normals and trends
Luckenwalde (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 606 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Luckenwalde averages 71 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Luckenwalde has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 18 January 1940).
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
LuckenwaldeBrandenburg
- coords
- 52.09°, 13.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
606mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
71 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.9 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
79 mm
12 August 2002
Windiest day
57.4 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
20 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-32.4 °C
18 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
11 December 1990
Sunniest day
16.0 h
6 June 1942
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 | 5.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 71 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 24 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 17 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 21 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 48 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 40 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 92 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 34 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 61 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 59 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 8.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 34 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 27 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luckenwalde?
Luckenwalde has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 606 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luckenwalde?
The hottest day measured in Luckenwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luckenwalde?
The coldest day measured in Luckenwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Luckenwalde?
Yes. Luckenwalde gets on average 38.5 cm of snow per year and has around 71 frost days.
Has the climate of Luckenwalde warmed?
Yes: Luckenwalde warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luckenwalde?
The wettest day measured in Luckenwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2002, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luckenwalde?
The windiest day measured in Luckenwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 57.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luckenwalde?
The warmest month in Luckenwalde is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Luckenwalde?
Luckenwalde receives on average 606 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luckenwalde?
Luckenwalde 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 Luckenwalde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luckenwalde between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1990, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Luckenwalde?
Yes: Luckenwalde has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luckenwalde?
In Luckenwalde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 20 August 1943, and the lowest was -32.4 °C on 18 January 1940.
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