Ostseebad Kühlungsborn climate — normals and trends
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 675 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn averages 51 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 74 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.5 °C (on 4 August 2022) and the coldest -16.3 °C (on 22 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
Ostseebad KühlungsbornMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 54.15°, 11.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
675mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
27.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
51 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
31.5 °C
4 August 2022
Coldest day
-16.3 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
31 July 1993
Windiest day
78.2 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
16 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-24.4 °C
1 February 1940
Snowiest day
22.7 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.2 h
1 July 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 | 4.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 60 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 15 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 8 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 19.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 77 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 127 mm | +57 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 35 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 55 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
The hottest day measured in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2022, reaching 31.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
The coldest day measured in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
Yes. Ostseebad Kühlungsborn gets on average 39.1 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.
Has the climate of Ostseebad Kühlungsborn warmed?
Yes: Ostseebad Kühlungsborn warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
The wettest day measured in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1993, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
The windiest day measured in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 78.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
The warmest month in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn receives on average 675 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 22.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
Yes: Ostseebad Kühlungsborn has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?
In Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 16 July 2007, and the lowest was -24.4 °C on 1 February 1940.
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