Waldbrunn climate — normals and trends
Waldbrunn (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 780 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Waldbrunn averages 75 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Waldbrunn 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 92 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 16 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
WaldbrunnHesse
- coords
- 50.52°, 8.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
780mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
37.6 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
64 mm
22 October 1986
Windiest day
50.4 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
14.3 cm
17 November 1972
Sunniest day
15.2 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 123 mm | +59 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 35 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -51 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 53 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 47 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 44 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 78 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 25.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 33 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 100 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 85 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 30 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Waldbrunn?
Waldbrunn has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 780 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Waldbrunn?
The hottest day measured in Waldbrunn between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Waldbrunn?
The coldest day measured in Waldbrunn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Waldbrunn?
Yes. Waldbrunn gets on average 47.8 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Waldbrunn warmed?
Yes: Waldbrunn warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Waldbrunn?
The wettest day measured in Waldbrunn between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1986, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Waldbrunn?
The windiest day measured in Waldbrunn between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Waldbrunn?
The warmest month in Waldbrunn is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Waldbrunn?
Waldbrunn receives on average 780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Waldbrunn?
Waldbrunn gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Waldbrunn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Waldbrunn between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 1972, with 14.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Waldbrunn?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Waldbrunn.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Waldbrunn?
In Waldbrunn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 16 February 1956.
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