Stephanskirchen climate — normals and trends
Stephanskirchen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,582 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 (16.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Stephanskirchen averages 135 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.
Stephanskirchen has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 164 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 28 July 2013) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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
StephanskirchenBavaria
- coords
- 47.85°, 12.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,582mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
19.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
191 d/yr
Annual snowfall
254.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
35.0 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
96 mm
6 August 1985
Windiest day
32.6 km/h
31 March 2015
Strongest gust
124.9 km/h
1 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
28.6 cm
20 January 1951
Sunniest day
15.2 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 64 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -57 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 128 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 50 mm | -69 mm |
| May | 15.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 171 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 113 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 297 mm | +96 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 150 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 109 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 101 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 106 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 30 mm | -69 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stephanskirchen?
Stephanskirchen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,582 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stephanskirchen?
The hottest day measured in Stephanskirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 35.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stephanskirchen?
The coldest day measured in Stephanskirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Stephanskirchen?
Yes. Stephanskirchen gets on average 254.1 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Stephanskirchen warmed?
Yes: Stephanskirchen warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stephanskirchen?
The wettest day measured in Stephanskirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1985, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stephanskirchen?
The windiest day measured in Stephanskirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2015, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stephanskirchen?
The warmest month in Stephanskirchen is July (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Stephanskirchen?
Stephanskirchen receives on average 1,582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stephanskirchen?
Stephanskirchen gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Stephanskirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stephanskirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1951, with 28.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stephanskirchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Stephanskirchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stephanskirchen?
In Stephanskirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 27 July 1983, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 7 January 1985.
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