Maintal climate — normals and trends
Maintal (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 641 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Maintal averages 67 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Maintal has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 83 to 51 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -24.2 °C (on 27 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
MaintalHesse
- coords
- 50.15°, 8.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
641mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °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).
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
39.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
56 mm
7 October 1982
Windiest day
49.4 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-29.1 °C
7 January 1947
Snowiest day
12.6 cm
17 November 1972
Sunniest day
15.2 h
14 June 2021
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 | 5.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 89 mm | +39 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 30 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 8 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 45 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 36 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 58 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 42 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 107 mm | +57 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 71 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 44 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maintal?
Maintal has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 641 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maintal?
The hottest day measured in Maintal between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maintal?
The coldest day measured in Maintal between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Maintal?
Yes. Maintal gets on average 29.7 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Maintal warmed?
Yes: Maintal warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maintal?
The wettest day measured in Maintal between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1982, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maintal?
The windiest day measured in Maintal between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maintal?
The warmest month in Maintal is July (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Maintal?
Maintal receives on average 641 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maintal?
Maintal 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 Maintal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maintal between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 1972, with 12.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maintal?
Yes: Maintal has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maintal?
In Maintal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -29.1 °C on 7 January 1947.
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