Waltershausen climate — normals and trends
Waltershausen (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 666 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Waltershausen averages 87 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Waltershausen has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 105 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 19 January 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
WaltershausenThuringia
- coords
- 50.90°, 10.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
666mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °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
37.0 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
88 mm
10 August 1981
Windiest day
52.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
131.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.9 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.6 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 76 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 27 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 14 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 55 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 44 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 47 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 72 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 51 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 74 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 51 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 25 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 17 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Waltershausen?
Waltershausen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 666 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Waltershausen?
The hottest day measured in Waltershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Waltershausen?
The coldest day measured in Waltershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Waltershausen?
Yes. Waltershausen gets on average 57.0 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Waltershausen warmed?
Yes: Waltershausen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Waltershausen?
The wettest day measured in Waltershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1981, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Waltershausen?
The windiest day measured in Waltershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Waltershausen?
The warmest month in Waltershausen is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Waltershausen?
Waltershausen receives on average 666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Waltershausen?
Waltershausen 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 Waltershausen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Waltershausen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Waltershausen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Waltershausen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Waltershausen?
In Waltershausen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.9 °C on 19 January 1940.
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