Schonungen climate — normals and trends
Schonungen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 734 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Schonungen averages 82 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Schonungen has warmed by +1.9 °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 97 to 67 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -25.0 °C (on 23 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
SchonungenBavaria
- coords
- 50.05°, 10.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
734mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
36.8 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.0 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
47 mm
9 July 2021
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
128.9 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.1 cm
15 February 1990
Sunniest day
15.4 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 78 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 31 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 23 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 25 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 33 mm | -37 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 57 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 78 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 50 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 113 mm | +59 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 78 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 41 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 17 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Schonungen?
Schonungen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 734 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Schonungen?
The hottest day measured in Schonungen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Schonungen?
The coldest day measured in Schonungen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -25.0 °C.
Does it snow in Schonungen?
Yes. Schonungen gets on average 50.5 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Schonungen warmed?
Yes: Schonungen warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Schonungen?
The wettest day measured in Schonungen between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2021, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Schonungen?
The windiest day measured in Schonungen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Schonungen?
The warmest month in Schonungen is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Schonungen?
Schonungen receives on average 734 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Schonungen?
Schonungen 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 Schonungen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Schonungen between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1990, with 13.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Schonungen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Schonungen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Schonungen?
In Schonungen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 23 January 1942.
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