Plön climate — normals and trends
Plön (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 740 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Plön averages 59 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Plön has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 81 to 37 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.0 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -19.2 °C (on 27 January 1942).
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
PlönSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.16°, 10.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
740mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
23.3km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
59 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
38.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
32.0 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-19.2 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
82 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
67.8 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
127.1 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-25.3 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.5 h
30 June 1940
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 | 4.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 67 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 17 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 9.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 16 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 30 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 19.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 85 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 144 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 38 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 63 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 101 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 64 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 31 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Plön?
Plön has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 740 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plön?
The hottest day measured in Plön between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 32.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Plön?
The coldest day measured in Plön between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -19.2 °C.
Does it snow in Plön?
Yes. Plön gets on average 41.1 cm of snow per year and has around 59 frost days.
Has the climate of Plön warmed?
Yes: Plön warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Plön?
The wettest day measured in Plön between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Plön?
The windiest day measured in Plön between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 67.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Plön?
The warmest month in Plön is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Plön?
Plön receives on average 740 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Plön?
Plön gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Plön?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plön between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Plön?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Plön.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plön?
In Plön, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 27 January 1942.
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