Stolpen climate — normals and trends
Stolpen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 810 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Stolpen averages 93 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Stolpen has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 19 June 2022) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 9 February 1956).
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
StolpenSaxony
- coords
- 51.05°, 14.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
810mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
85.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 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
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
35.5 °C
19 June 2022
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
80 mm
8 August 1978
Windiest day
48.9 km/h
29 October 2017
Strongest gust
128.9 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
20 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-32.6 °C
7 January 1947
Snowiest day
26.3 cm
29 November 2012
Sunniest day
16.0 h
25 June 1994
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 74 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 3.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 17 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 40 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 46 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 50 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 50 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 116 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 36 mm | -52 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 97 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 72 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 29 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stolpen?
Stolpen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 810 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stolpen?
The hottest day measured in Stolpen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2022, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stolpen?
The coldest day measured in Stolpen between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Stolpen?
Yes. Stolpen gets on average 85.3 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Stolpen warmed?
Yes: Stolpen warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stolpen?
The wettest day measured in Stolpen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1978, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stolpen?
The windiest day measured in Stolpen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2017, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stolpen?
The warmest month in Stolpen is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Stolpen?
Stolpen receives on average 810 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stolpen?
Stolpen 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 Stolpen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stolpen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2012, with 26.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stolpen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Stolpen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stolpen?
In Stolpen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 20 August 1943, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 7 January 1947.
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