Ribnitz-Damgarten climate — normals and trends
Ribnitz-Damgarten (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 676 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ribnitz-Damgarten averages 62 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Ribnitz-Damgarten 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 86 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 16 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
Ribnitz-DamgartenMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 54.24°, 12.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
676mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
23.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 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
32.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
72 mm
22 July 2025
Windiest day
69.8 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
123.1 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
34.6 °C
1 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-25.3 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.3 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.1 h
2 July 2025
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 | 4.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 54 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 9.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 11 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 55 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 82 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 170 mm | +94 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 39 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 56 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 92 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ribnitz-Damgarten?
Ribnitz-Damgarten has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
The hottest day measured in Ribnitz-Damgarten between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
The coldest day measured in Ribnitz-Damgarten between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
Yes. Ribnitz-Damgarten gets on average 42.2 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Ribnitz-Damgarten warmed?
Yes: Ribnitz-Damgarten warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
The wettest day measured in Ribnitz-Damgarten between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2025, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
The windiest day measured in Ribnitz-Damgarten between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 69.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
The warmest month in Ribnitz-Damgarten is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
Ribnitz-Damgarten receives on average 676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
Ribnitz-Damgarten 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 Ribnitz-Damgarten?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ribnitz-Damgarten between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 25.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ribnitz-Damgarten.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ribnitz-Damgarten?
In Ribnitz-Damgarten, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.6 °C on 1 August 1994, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 19 January 1940.
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