Pleinfeld climate — normals and trends
Pleinfeld (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 794 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pleinfeld averages 85 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Pleinfeld 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 100 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 10 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
PleinfeldBavaria
- coords
- 49.10°, 10.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
794mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 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
36.9 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
58 mm
21 May 1999
Windiest day
56.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
124.9 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.4 cm
10 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.2 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 81 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 42 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 27 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 30 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 44 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 57 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 99 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 58 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 136 mm | +76 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 60 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 62 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pleinfeld?
Pleinfeld has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 794 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pleinfeld?
The hottest day measured in Pleinfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pleinfeld?
The coldest day measured in Pleinfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Pleinfeld?
Yes. Pleinfeld gets on average 63.2 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Pleinfeld warmed?
Yes: Pleinfeld warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pleinfeld?
The wettest day measured in Pleinfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1999, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pleinfeld?
The windiest day measured in Pleinfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pleinfeld?
The warmest month in Pleinfeld is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Pleinfeld?
Pleinfeld receives on average 794 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pleinfeld?
Pleinfeld gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pleinfeld?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pleinfeld between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with 16.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pleinfeld?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pleinfeld.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pleinfeld?
In Pleinfeld, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 10 February 1956.
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