Schönkirchen climate — normals and trends
Schönkirchen (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 684 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Schönkirchen averages 68 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Schönkirchen has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -21.7 °C (on 27 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
SchönkirchenSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.33°, 10.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
684mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °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
35.4 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-21.7 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
83 mm
27 August 1946
Windiest day
62.7 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
123.8 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.6 h
24 June 2009
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 | +2.0 °C | 60 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 49 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 20.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 88 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 140 mm | +67 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 34 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 94 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 27 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Schönkirchen?
Schönkirchen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Schönkirchen?
The hottest day measured in Schönkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Schönkirchen?
The coldest day measured in Schönkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -21.7 °C.
Does it snow in Schönkirchen?
Yes. Schönkirchen gets on average 39.1 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Schönkirchen warmed?
Yes: Schönkirchen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Schönkirchen?
The wettest day measured in Schönkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1946, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Schönkirchen?
The windiest day measured in Schönkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 62.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Schönkirchen?
The warmest month in Schönkirchen is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Schönkirchen?
Schönkirchen receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Schönkirchen?
Schönkirchen gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Schönkirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Schönkirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Schönkirchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Schönkirchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Schönkirchen?
In Schönkirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 27 January 1942.
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