Mössingen climate — normals and trends
Mössingen (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 878 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Mössingen averages 87 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Mössingen has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -28.6 °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
MössingenBaden-Wurttemberg
- coords
- 48.41°, 9.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
878mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
35.3 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
3 August 1968
Windiest day
54.7 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
126.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.5 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 89 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 29 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 42 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 71 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +5.6 °C | 68 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 132 mm | +51 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 75 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 141 mm | +80 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 71 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 67 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mössingen?
Mössingen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 878 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mössingen?
The hottest day measured in Mössingen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mössingen?
The coldest day measured in Mössingen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Mössingen?
Yes. Mössingen gets on average 75.5 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Mössingen warmed?
Yes: Mössingen warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mössingen?
The wettest day measured in Mössingen between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1968, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mössingen?
The windiest day measured in Mössingen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mössingen?
The warmest month in Mössingen is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Mössingen?
Mössingen receives on average 878 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mössingen?
Mössingen gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mössingen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mössingen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 25.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mössingen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mössingen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mössingen?
In Mössingen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 19 January 1940.
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