Nördlingen climate — normals and trends
Nördlingen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 813 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 (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Nördlingen averages 88 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Nördlingen has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 22 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
NördlingenBavaria
- coords
- 48.85°, 10.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
813mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
20 November 2015
Windiest day
53.1 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
1 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.2 h
28 June 2019
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 | 4.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 84 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 38 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 38 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 57 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 64 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 120 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 61 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 165 mm | +104 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nördlingen?
Nördlingen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 813 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nördlingen?
The hottest day measured in Nördlingen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nördlingen?
The coldest day measured in Nördlingen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Nördlingen?
Yes. Nördlingen gets on average 62.0 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Nördlingen warmed?
Yes: Nördlingen warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nördlingen?
The wettest day measured in Nördlingen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2015, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nördlingen?
The windiest day measured in Nördlingen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 53.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nördlingen?
The warmest month in Nördlingen is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Nördlingen?
Nördlingen receives on average 813 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nördlingen?
Nördlingen gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nördlingen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nördlingen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nördlingen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nördlingen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nördlingen?
In Nördlingen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 22 January 1942.
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