Schleusingen climate — normals and trends
Schleusingen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 810 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Schleusingen averages 101 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Schleusingen has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 84 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -26.0 °C (on 19 January 1940).
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
SchleusingenThuringia
- coords
- 50.51°, 10.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
810mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
87.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 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
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
36.2 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-26.0 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
22 October 1986
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
124.6 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
7 January 1947
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.5 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 79 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 22 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 21 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 30 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 48 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 74 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 104 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 66 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 118 mm | +59 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 85 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 32 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 20 mm | -53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Schleusingen?
Schleusingen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 810 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Schleusingen?
The hottest day measured in Schleusingen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Schleusingen?
The coldest day measured in Schleusingen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -26.0 °C.
Does it snow in Schleusingen?
Yes. Schleusingen gets on average 87.2 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Schleusingen warmed?
Yes: Schleusingen warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Schleusingen?
The wettest day measured in Schleusingen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1986, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Schleusingen?
The windiest day measured in Schleusingen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Schleusingen?
The warmest month in Schleusingen is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Schleusingen?
Schleusingen receives on average 810 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Schleusingen?
Schleusingen gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Schleusingen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Schleusingen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Schleusingen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Schleusingen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Schleusingen?
In Schleusingen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 7 January 1947.
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