Malchow climate — normals and trends
Malchow (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 654 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Malchow averages 75 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Malchow 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 95 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -24.1 °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
MalchowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 53.47°, 12.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
654mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+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).
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
36.0 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-24.1 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
78 mm
29 July 2013
Windiest day
55.7 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
1 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-29.4 °C
2 February 1940
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 67 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 13 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 68 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 161 mm | +87 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 39 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 67 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malchow?
Malchow has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 654 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malchow?
The hottest day measured in Malchow between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malchow?
The coldest day measured in Malchow between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Malchow?
Yes. Malchow gets on average 43.5 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Malchow warmed?
Yes: Malchow warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malchow?
The wettest day measured in Malchow between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2013, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malchow?
The windiest day measured in Malchow between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malchow?
The warmest month in Malchow is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Malchow?
Malchow receives on average 654 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malchow?
Malchow gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malchow?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malchow between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malchow?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malchow.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malchow?
In Malchow, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 1 August 1994, and the lowest was -29.4 °C on 2 February 1940.
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