Wardenburg climate — normals and trends
Wardenburg (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 744 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wardenburg averages 58 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Wardenburg 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 74 to 42 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -25.7 °C (on 13 February 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
WardenburgLower Saxony
- coords
- 53.06°, 8.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
744mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
16.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
58 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
-25.7 °C
13 February 1940
Wettest day
64 mm
29 June 1981
Windiest day
59.8 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
4 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
2 March 1987
Sunniest day
16.2 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 23 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 10 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 44 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 30 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 104 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 90 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 100 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 78 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 37 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wardenburg?
Wardenburg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 744 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wardenburg?
The hottest day measured in Wardenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wardenburg?
The coldest day measured in Wardenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1940, at -25.7 °C.
Does it snow in Wardenburg?
Yes. Wardenburg gets on average 28.3 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.
Has the climate of Wardenburg warmed?
Yes: Wardenburg warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wardenburg?
The wettest day measured in Wardenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1981, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wardenburg?
The windiest day measured in Wardenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 59.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wardenburg?
The warmest month in Wardenburg is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Wardenburg?
Wardenburg receives on average 744 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wardenburg?
Wardenburg gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wardenburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wardenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1987, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wardenburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wardenburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wardenburg?
In Wardenburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 4 July 2015, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 27 January 1942.
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