Messkirch climate — normals and trends
Messkirch (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 971 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Messkirch averages 99 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Messkirch has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 80 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -26.8 °C (on 19 January 1940).
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
MesskirchBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 47.99°, 9.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
971mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
89.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
34.9 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-26.8 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
21 July 2014
Windiest day
51.6 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
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 | +2.7 °C | 101 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 47 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 44 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 82 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 70 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 152 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 138 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 149 mm | +76 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 73 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 79 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 18 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Messkirch?
Messkirch has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 971 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Messkirch?
The hottest day measured in Messkirch between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Messkirch?
The coldest day measured in Messkirch between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -26.8 °C.
Does it snow in Messkirch?
Yes. Messkirch gets on average 89.3 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Messkirch warmed?
Yes: Messkirch warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Messkirch?
The wettest day measured in Messkirch between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2014, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Messkirch?
The windiest day measured in Messkirch between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Messkirch?
The warmest month in Messkirch is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Messkirch?
Messkirch receives on average 971 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Messkirch?
Messkirch gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Messkirch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Messkirch between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Messkirch?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Messkirch.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Messkirch?
In Messkirch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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