Waldmünchen climate — normals and trends
Waldmünchen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Waldmünchen averages 106 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Waldmünchen has warmed by +2.0 °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 123 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 10 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
WaldmünchenBavaria
- coords
- 49.38°, 12.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
810mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
35.7 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
58 mm
8 July 1954
Windiest day
50.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
132.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
21 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.7 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 29 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 33 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 52 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 54 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 117 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 64 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 87 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 11.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 67 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 49 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Waldmünchen?
Waldmünchen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 810 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Waldmünchen?
The hottest day measured in Waldmünchen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Waldmünchen?
The coldest day measured in Waldmünchen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Waldmünchen?
Yes. Waldmünchen gets on average 88.3 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Waldmünchen warmed?
Yes: Waldmünchen warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Waldmünchen?
The wettest day measured in Waldmünchen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1954, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Waldmünchen?
The windiest day measured in Waldmünchen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 50.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Waldmünchen?
The warmest month in Waldmünchen is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Waldmünchen?
Waldmünchen receives on average 810 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Waldmünchen?
Waldmünchen gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Waldmünchen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Waldmünchen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Waldmünchen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Waldmünchen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Waldmünchen?
In Waldmünchen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 21 August 1943, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 10 February 1956.
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