Sondershausen climate — normals and trends
Sondershausen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 597 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sondershausen averages 87 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Sondershausen 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 104 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -29.6 °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
SondershausenThuringia
- coords
- 51.37°, 10.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
597mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 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
38.0 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-29.6 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
66 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
21 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-34.9 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.7 h
23 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 79 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 35 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 44 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 24.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 58 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 62 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 56 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sondershausen?
Sondershausen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 597 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sondershausen?
The hottest day measured in Sondershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sondershausen?
The coldest day measured in Sondershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -29.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sondershausen?
Yes. Sondershausen gets on average 45.8 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Sondershausen warmed?
Yes: Sondershausen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sondershausen?
The wettest day measured in Sondershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sondershausen?
The windiest day measured in Sondershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sondershausen?
The warmest month in Sondershausen is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sondershausen?
Sondershausen receives on average 597 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sondershausen?
Sondershausen gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sondershausen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sondershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sondershausen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sondershausen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sondershausen?
In Sondershausen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 21 August 1943, and the lowest was -34.9 °C on 27 January 1942.
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