Nordkirchen climate — normals and trends
Nordkirchen (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 785 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nordkirchen averages 56 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Nordkirchen 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 72 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.1 °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
NordkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
- coords
- 51.74°, 7.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
785mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
16.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
56 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
38.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.1 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
69 mm
29 June 1981
Windiest day
55.7 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.4 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
7 February 2021
Sunniest day
15.6 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 | 5.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 123 mm | +57 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 25 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 67 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 35 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 55 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 64 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 35 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 73 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 92 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 7.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 31 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nordkirchen?
Nordkirchen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 785 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nordkirchen?
The hottest day measured in Nordkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nordkirchen?
The coldest day measured in Nordkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -25.1 °C.
Does it snow in Nordkirchen?
Yes. Nordkirchen gets on average 29.0 cm of snow per year and has around 56 frost days.
Has the climate of Nordkirchen warmed?
Yes: Nordkirchen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nordkirchen?
The wettest day measured in Nordkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1981, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nordkirchen?
The windiest day measured in Nordkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nordkirchen?
The warmest month in Nordkirchen is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Nordkirchen?
Nordkirchen receives on average 785 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nordkirchen?
Nordkirchen 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 Nordkirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nordkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2021, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nordkirchen?
Yes: Nordkirchen has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nordkirchen?
In Nordkirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -30.4 °C on 27 January 1942.
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