Melsungen climate — normals and trends
Melsungen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 736 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Melsungen averages 79 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Melsungen 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 97 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -28.3 °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
MelsungenHesse
- coords
- 51.13°, 9.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
736mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 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
+2.2 °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
36.4 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
56 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
18 January 2018
Strongest gust
121.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
22 March 2007
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 | 4.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 111 mm | +58 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 31 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 14 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 65 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 44 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 53 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 71 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 43 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 63 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 59 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 45 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 24 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Melsungen?
Melsungen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 736 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Melsungen?
The hottest day measured in Melsungen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Melsungen?
The coldest day measured in Melsungen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Melsungen?
Yes. Melsungen gets on average 52.3 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Melsungen warmed?
Yes: Melsungen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Melsungen?
The wettest day measured in Melsungen between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Melsungen?
The windiest day measured in Melsungen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Melsungen?
The warmest month in Melsungen is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Melsungen?
Melsungen receives on average 736 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Melsungen?
Melsungen gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Melsungen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Melsungen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2007, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Melsungen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Melsungen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Melsungen?
In Melsungen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 27 January 1942.
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