Vienenburg climate — normals and trends
Vienenburg (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 807 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Vienenburg averages 83 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Vienenburg has warmed by +2.1 °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 99 to 67 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -26.6 °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.
Climate normals · ERA5
VienenburgLower Saxony
- coords
- 51.95°, 10.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
807mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
37.5 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
50 mm
29 September 2007
Windiest day
60.3 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
127.1 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
2 January 1987
Sunniest day
15.9 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 96 mm | +33 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 25 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 14 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 47 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 69 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 87 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 46 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 63 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 79 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 46 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 26 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vienenburg?
Vienenburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 807 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vienenburg?
The hottest day measured in Vienenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vienenburg?
The coldest day measured in Vienenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Vienenburg?
Yes. Vienenburg gets on average 69.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Vienenburg warmed?
Yes: Vienenburg warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vienenburg?
The wettest day measured in Vienenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 2007, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vienenburg?
The windiest day measured in Vienenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vienenburg?
The warmest month in Vienenburg is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Vienenburg?
Vienenburg receives on average 807 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vienenburg?
Vienenburg 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 Vienenburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vienenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1987, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vienenburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vienenburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vienenburg?
In Vienenburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 27 January 1942.
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