Warnemünde climate — normals and trends
Warnemünde (Germany) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 685 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 (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Warnemünde averages 53 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Warnemünde has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 77 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.7 °C (on 4 August 2022) and the coldest -17.0 °C (on 22 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
WarnemündeMecklenburg-Vorpommern
- coords
- 54.18°, 12.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
685mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
25.9km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
53 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.9 cm
Average feels-like high
7.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
30.7 °C
4 August 2022
Coldest day
-17.0 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
57 mm
22 July 2025
Windiest day
76.0 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
33.1 °C
16 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-24.3 °C
1 February 1940
Snowiest day
23.7 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.2 h
1 July 2025
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 | 58 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 17 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 10 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 57 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 78 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 151 mm | +77 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 41 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 98 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 61 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Warnemünde?
Warnemünde has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 685 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Warnemünde?
The hottest day measured in Warnemünde between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2022, reaching 30.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Warnemünde?
The coldest day measured in Warnemünde between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -17.0 °C.
Does it snow in Warnemünde?
Yes. Warnemünde gets on average 40.9 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.
Has the climate of Warnemünde warmed?
Yes: Warnemünde warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Warnemünde?
The wettest day measured in Warnemünde between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2025, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Warnemünde?
The windiest day measured in Warnemünde between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 76.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Warnemünde?
The warmest month in Warnemünde is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Warnemünde?
Warnemünde receives on average 685 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Warnemünde?
Warnemünde gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Warnemünde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Warnemünde between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 23.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Warnemünde?
Yes: Warnemünde has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Warnemünde?
In Warnemünde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.1 °C on 16 July 2007, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 1 February 1940.
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