Stendal climate — normals and trends
Stendal has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 9.4 °C annually with 623 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
StendalSaxony-Anhalt
- coords
- 52.61°, 11.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
623mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
38.4 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-24.1 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
60 mm
27 September 1965
Windiest day
61.7 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
137.2 km/h
13 November 1972
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
21 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-29.3 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
2 January 1987
Sunniest day
16.0 h
30 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 75 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 12 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 22 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 36 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 51 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 111 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 28 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 53 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 67 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 24 mm | -26 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Stendal (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 623 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Stendal averages 68 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Stendal has warmed by +2.2 °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 83 to 53 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -24.1 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stendal?
Stendal has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 623 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stendal?
The hottest day measured in Stendal between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stendal?
The coldest day measured in Stendal between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Stendal?
Yes. Stendal gets on average 36.0 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Stendal warmed?
Yes: Stendal warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stendal?
The wettest day measured in Stendal between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1965, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stendal?
The windiest day measured in Stendal between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 61.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stendal?
The warmest month in Stendal is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Stendal?
Stendal receives on average 623 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stendal?
Stendal 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 Stendal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stendal between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1987, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stendal?
Yes: Stendal has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stendal?
In Stendal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 21 August 1943, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 27 January 1942.
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