Sonnefeld climate — normals and trends
Sonnefeld (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 858 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sonnefeld averages 97 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Sonnefeld 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 113 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -26.1 °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
SonnefeldBavaria
- coords
- 50.22°, 11.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
858mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
93.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
22 October 1986
Windiest day
48.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
132.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.3 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.3 cm
4 December 1981
Sunniest day
15.6 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 | 3.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 89 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 17 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 29 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 27 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 67 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 109 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 51 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 115 mm | +55 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 102 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 6.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 34 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 22 mm | -67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sonnefeld?
Sonnefeld has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 858 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sonnefeld?
The hottest day measured in Sonnefeld between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sonnefeld?
The coldest day measured in Sonnefeld between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sonnefeld?
Yes. Sonnefeld gets on average 93.8 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Sonnefeld warmed?
Yes: Sonnefeld warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sonnefeld?
The wettest day measured in Sonnefeld between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1986, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sonnefeld?
The windiest day measured in Sonnefeld between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 48.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sonnefeld?
The warmest month in Sonnefeld is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Sonnefeld?
Sonnefeld receives on average 858 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sonnefeld?
Sonnefeld 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 Sonnefeld?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sonnefeld between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1981, with 17.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sonnefeld?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sonnefeld.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sonnefeld?
In Sonnefeld, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.3 °C on 19 January 1940.
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