Waakirchen climate — normals and trends
Waakirchen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 1,519 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Waakirchen averages 133 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Waakirchen 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 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 28 July 2013) and the coldest -31.2 °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
WaakirchenBavaria
- coords
- 47.77°, 11.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,519mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
133 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
233.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
34.4 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-31.2 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
101 mm
21 May 1999
Windiest day
34.7 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
124.6 km/h
1 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-36.0 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
27.8 cm
13 April 1994
Sunniest day
15.2 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 64 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 31 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 109 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 49 mm | -67 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 163 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 102 mm | -95 mm |
| Jul | 20.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 294 mm | +99 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 160 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 113 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 83 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 104 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 36 mm | -55 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Waakirchen?
Waakirchen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 1,519 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Waakirchen?
The hottest day measured in Waakirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Waakirchen?
The coldest day measured in Waakirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -31.2 °C.
Does it snow in Waakirchen?
Yes. Waakirchen gets on average 233.7 cm of snow per year and has around 133 frost days.
Has the climate of Waakirchen warmed?
Yes: Waakirchen warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Waakirchen?
The wettest day measured in Waakirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1999, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Waakirchen?
The windiest day measured in Waakirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 34.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Waakirchen?
The warmest month in Waakirchen is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Waakirchen?
Waakirchen receives on average 1,519 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Waakirchen?
Waakirchen 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 Waakirchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Waakirchen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1994, with 27.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Waakirchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Waakirchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Waakirchen?
In Waakirchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 27 July 1983, and the lowest was -36.0 °C on 7 January 1985.
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