Puchheim climate — normals and trends
Puchheim (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 950 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puchheim averages 85 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Puchheim has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 23 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
PuchheimBavaria
- coords
- 48.15°, 11.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
950mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
76%
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)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
70 mm
6 August 1985
Windiest day
54.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
128.5 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
4 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
7 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.2 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 78 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 28 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 54 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 24 mm | -51 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 73 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 83 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 159 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 115 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 110 mm | +35 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 71 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 27 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puchheim?
Puchheim has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 950 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puchheim?
The hottest day measured in Puchheim between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puchheim?
The coldest day measured in Puchheim between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Puchheim?
Yes. Puchheim gets on average 76.5 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Puchheim warmed?
Yes: Puchheim warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puchheim?
The wettest day measured in Puchheim between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1985, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puchheim?
The windiest day measured in Puchheim between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puchheim?
The warmest month in Puchheim is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Puchheim?
Puchheim receives on average 950 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puchheim?
Puchheim gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puchheim?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puchheim between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1958, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puchheim?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puchheim.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puchheim?
In Puchheim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 4 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 10 February 1956.
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