Medebach climate — normals and trends
Medebach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 833 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Medebach averages 87 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Medebach 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 106 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -24.3 °C (on 19 December 2009).
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
MedebachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
- coords
- 51.20°, 8.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
833mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
16.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 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
34.6 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
19 December 2009
Wettest day
45 mm
27 September 1956
Windiest day
54.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
19 December 2009
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.5 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 120 mm | +58 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 19 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 83 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 54 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 70 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 81 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 38 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 74 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 45 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 24 mm | -42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Medebach?
Medebach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 833 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Medebach?
The hottest day measured in Medebach between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Medebach?
The coldest day measured in Medebach between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2009, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Medebach?
Yes. Medebach gets on average 78.8 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Medebach warmed?
Yes: Medebach warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Medebach?
The wettest day measured in Medebach between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1956, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Medebach?
The windiest day measured in Medebach between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 54.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Medebach?
The warmest month in Medebach is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Medebach?
Medebach receives on average 833 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Medebach?
Medebach 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 Medebach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Medebach between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Medebach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Medebach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Medebach?
In Medebach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 19 December 2009.
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