Tönning climate — normals and trends
Tönning (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 785 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 (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Tönning averages 62 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Tönning has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 80 to 44 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 12 July 1941) and the coldest -23.1 °C (on 13 February 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
TönningSchleswig-Holstein
- coords
- 54.32°, 8.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
785mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
22.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
30.9 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
42.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
34.3 °C
12 July 1941
Coldest day
-23.1 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
58 mm
18 July 2002
Windiest day
72.5 km/h
3 December 1999
Strongest gust
130.7 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
35.7 °C
8 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-28.5 °C
13 February 1940
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
19 March 2001
Sunniest day
16.9 h
29 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 74 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 12 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 35 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 44 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 92 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 123 mm | +41 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 45 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 59 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 123 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 61 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 6.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 30 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tönning?
Tönning has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 785 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tönning?
The hottest day measured in Tönning between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1941, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tönning?
The coldest day measured in Tönning between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -23.1 °C.
Does it snow in Tönning?
Yes. Tönning gets on average 30.9 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Tönning warmed?
Yes: Tönning warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tönning?
The wettest day measured in Tönning between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2002, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tönning?
The windiest day measured in Tönning between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1999, with winds reaching 72.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tönning?
The warmest month in Tönning is July (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Tönning?
Tönning receives on average 785 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tönning?
Tönning gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tönning?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tönning between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2001, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tönning?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tönning.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tönning?
In Tönning, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 8 July 1941, and the lowest was -28.5 °C on 13 February 1940.
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