Papenburg climate — normals and trends
Papenburg (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 765 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Papenburg averages 57 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Papenburg 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 72 to 42 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 13 February 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
PapenburgLower Saxony
- coords
- 53.08°, 7.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
765mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
37.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
84 mm
29 June 1981
Windiest day
61.1 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
16.4 cm
25 February 1958
Sunniest day
16.2 h
30 June 2018
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 | 5.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 71 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 26 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 9 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 42 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 108 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 89 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 49 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 76 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 96 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 72 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 31 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Papenburg?
Papenburg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 765 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Papenburg?
The hottest day measured in Papenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Papenburg?
The coldest day measured in Papenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Papenburg?
Yes. Papenburg gets on average 25.2 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Papenburg warmed?
Yes: Papenburg warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Papenburg?
The wettest day measured in Papenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1981, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Papenburg?
The windiest day measured in Papenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 61.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Papenburg?
The warmest month in Papenburg is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Papenburg?
Papenburg receives on average 765 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Papenburg?
Papenburg 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 Papenburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Papenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1958, with 16.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Papenburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Papenburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Papenburg?
In Papenburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 13 February 1940.
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