Schlüchtern climate — normals and trends
Schlüchtern (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 876 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Schlüchtern averages 82 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Schlüchtern 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 98 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 9 August 2003) and the coldest -28.3 °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
SchlüchternHesse
- coords
- 50.35°, 9.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
876mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
36.5 °C
9 August 2003
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
7 October 1982
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
128.9 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
15 February 1990
Sunniest day
15.3 h
15 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 106 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 32 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | -55 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 30 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 57 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 68 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 77 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 44 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 108 mm | +46 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 121 mm | +56 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 48 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 28 mm | -62 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Schlüchtern?
Schlüchtern has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 876 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Schlüchtern?
The hottest day measured in Schlüchtern between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2003, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Schlüchtern?
The coldest day measured in Schlüchtern between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Schlüchtern?
Yes. Schlüchtern gets on average 68.4 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Schlüchtern warmed?
Yes: Schlüchtern warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Schlüchtern?
The wettest day measured in Schlüchtern between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1982, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Schlüchtern?
The windiest day measured in Schlüchtern between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Schlüchtern?
The warmest month in Schlüchtern is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Schlüchtern?
Schlüchtern receives on average 876 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Schlüchtern?
Schlüchtern 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 Schlüchtern?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Schlüchtern between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1990, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Schlüchtern?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Schlüchtern.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Schlüchtern?
In Schlüchtern, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 19 January 1940.
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