Mühlhausen climate — normals and trends
Mühlhausen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 644 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mühlhausen averages 86 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Mühlhausen 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 103 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -30.3 °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
MühlhausenThuringia
- coords
- 51.21°, 10.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
644mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.9 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
60 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
123.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
21 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.7 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 87 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 25 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 10 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 44 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 43 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 62 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 47 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 63 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 28 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mühlhausen?
Mühlhausen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 644 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mühlhausen?
The hottest day measured in Mühlhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mühlhausen?
The coldest day measured in Mühlhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Mühlhausen?
Yes. Mühlhausen gets on average 50.6 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of Mühlhausen warmed?
Yes: Mühlhausen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mühlhausen?
The wettest day measured in Mühlhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mühlhausen?
The windiest day measured in Mühlhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mühlhausen?
The warmest month in Mühlhausen is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Mühlhausen?
Mühlhausen receives on average 644 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mühlhausen?
Mühlhausen 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 Mühlhausen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mühlhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mühlhausen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mühlhausen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mühlhausen?
In Mühlhausen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 21 August 1943, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 27 January 1942.
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