Pritzwalk climate — normals and trends
Pritzwalk (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 649 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pritzwalk averages 78 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Pritzwalk has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -24.2 °C (on 14 January 1987).
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
PritzwalkBrandenburg
- coords
- 53.15°, 12.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
649mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
37.3 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
14 January 1987
Wettest day
57 mm
30 June 2017
Windiest day
57.7 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
118.4 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
14 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 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 | +2.2 °C | 74 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 10 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 39 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 56 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 149 mm | +78 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 32 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 71 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 49 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pritzwalk?
Pritzwalk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 649 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pritzwalk?
The hottest day measured in Pritzwalk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pritzwalk?
The coldest day measured in Pritzwalk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Pritzwalk?
Yes. Pritzwalk gets on average 43.5 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Pritzwalk warmed?
Yes: Pritzwalk warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pritzwalk?
The wettest day measured in Pritzwalk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2017, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pritzwalk?
The windiest day measured in Pritzwalk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 57.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pritzwalk?
The warmest month in Pritzwalk is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Pritzwalk?
Pritzwalk receives on average 649 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pritzwalk?
Pritzwalk 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 Pritzwalk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pritzwalk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pritzwalk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pritzwalk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pritzwalk?
In Pritzwalk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 14 January 1987.
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