Meiningen climate — normals and trends
Meiningen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 760 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Meiningen averages 99 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Meiningen has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 7 January 1947).
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
MeiningenThuringia
- coords
- 50.57°, 10.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
760mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
74.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.1 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
7 January 1947
Wettest day
52 mm
10 August 1981
Windiest day
48.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
123.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
7 January 1947
Snowiest day
12.0 cm
16 December 2011
Sunniest day
15.5 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 75 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 23 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 18 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 31 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 45 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 73 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 94 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 63 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 108 mm | +52 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 79 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 6.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 34 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 15 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Meiningen?
Meiningen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 760 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meiningen?
The hottest day measured in Meiningen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Meiningen?
The coldest day measured in Meiningen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1947, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Meiningen?
Yes. Meiningen gets on average 74.6 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Meiningen warmed?
Yes: Meiningen warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Meiningen?
The wettest day measured in Meiningen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1981, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Meiningen?
The windiest day measured in Meiningen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 48.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Meiningen?
The warmest month in Meiningen is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Meiningen?
Meiningen receives on average 760 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Meiningen?
Meiningen 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 Meiningen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Meiningen between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 2011, with 12.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Meiningen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Meiningen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Meiningen?
In Meiningen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 7 January 1947.
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