Oerlenbach climate — normals and trends
Oerlenbach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 714 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 (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Oerlenbach averages 87 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Oerlenbach has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °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 36.6 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -24.2 °C (on 18 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
OerlenbachBavaria
- coords
- 50.15°, 10.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
714mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
36.6 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
42 mm
7 October 1982
Windiest day
48.9 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
121.3 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-29.4 °C
18 January 1940
Snowiest day
12.1 cm
15 February 1990
Sunniest day
15.4 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 79 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 25 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 19 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 24 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 37 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 64 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 81 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 51 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 105 mm | +53 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 80 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 38 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 15 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oerlenbach?
Oerlenbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 714 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oerlenbach?
The hottest day measured in Oerlenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oerlenbach?
The coldest day measured in Oerlenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Oerlenbach?
Yes. Oerlenbach gets on average 58.4 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Oerlenbach warmed?
Yes: Oerlenbach warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oerlenbach?
The wettest day measured in Oerlenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1982, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oerlenbach?
The windiest day measured in Oerlenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oerlenbach?
The warmest month in Oerlenbach is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Oerlenbach?
Oerlenbach receives on average 714 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oerlenbach?
Oerlenbach 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 Oerlenbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oerlenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1990, with 12.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oerlenbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oerlenbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oerlenbach?
In Oerlenbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -29.4 °C on 18 January 1940.
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