Sasel climate — normals and trends
Sasel (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 733 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sasel averages 67 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Sasel 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 86 to 48 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.4 °C (on 26 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
SaselFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- coords
- 53.65°, 10.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
733mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.2 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.4 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
88 mm
26 August 1946
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-28.6 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
12.8 cm
16 February 1969
Sunniest day
16.5 h
23 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 13 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 38 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 21.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 96 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 141 mm | +63 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 101 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sasel?
Sasel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 733 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sasel?
The hottest day measured in Sasel between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sasel?
The coldest day measured in Sasel between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -23.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sasel?
Yes. Sasel gets on average 36.7 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Sasel warmed?
Yes: Sasel warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sasel?
The wettest day measured in Sasel between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1946, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sasel?
The windiest day measured in Sasel between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sasel?
The warmest month in Sasel is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sasel?
Sasel receives on average 733 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sasel?
Sasel gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sasel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sasel between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1969, with 12.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sasel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sasel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sasel?
In Sasel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -28.6 °C on 26 January 1942.
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