Saal climate — normals and trends
Saal (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 787 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 (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Saal averages 91 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Saal has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 106 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -27.8 °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
SaalBavaria
- coords
- 48.90°, 11.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
787mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
91 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
38.8 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
72 mm
30 May 1940
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
26 November 1969
Sunniest day
15.4 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 | 3.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 78 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 33 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 29 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 17 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 37 mm | -45 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 67 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 108 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 63 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 109 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 54 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 60 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 19 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saal?
Saal has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 787 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saal?
The hottest day measured in Saal between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 38.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saal?
The coldest day measured in Saal between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Saal?
Yes. Saal gets on average 58.4 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.
Has the climate of Saal warmed?
Yes: Saal warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saal?
The wettest day measured in Saal between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1940, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saal?
The windiest day measured in Saal between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saal?
The warmest month in Saal is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Saal?
Saal receives on average 787 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saal?
Saal 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 Saal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saal between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1969, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saal?
In Saal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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