Oberlungwitz climate — normals and trends
Oberlungwitz (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 910 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Oberlungwitz averages 93 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Oberlungwitz has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 112 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -27.1 °C (on 1 February 1956).
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
OberlungwitzSaxony
- coords
- 50.78°, 12.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
910mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °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
35.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
93 mm
8 August 1978
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
1 November 1998
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
29.3 cm
24 April 1980
Sunniest day
16.0 h
17 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 81 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 39 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 55 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 55 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 70 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 132 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 52 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 103 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 91 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 26 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oberlungwitz?
Oberlungwitz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 910 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oberlungwitz?
The hottest day measured in Oberlungwitz between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oberlungwitz?
The coldest day measured in Oberlungwitz between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Oberlungwitz?
Yes. Oberlungwitz gets on average 110.6 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Oberlungwitz warmed?
Yes: Oberlungwitz warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oberlungwitz?
The wettest day measured in Oberlungwitz between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1978, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oberlungwitz?
The windiest day measured in Oberlungwitz between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1998, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oberlungwitz?
The warmest month in Oberlungwitz is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Oberlungwitz?
Oberlungwitz receives on average 910 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oberlungwitz?
Oberlungwitz gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oberlungwitz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oberlungwitz between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1980, with 29.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oberlungwitz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oberlungwitz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oberlungwitz?
In Oberlungwitz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 1 February 1956.
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