Wegscheid climate — normals and trends
Wegscheid (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 867 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wegscheid averages 96 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Wegscheid has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -30.1 °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
WegscheidBavaria
- coords
- 48.60°, 13.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
867mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
89.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
36.2 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
93 mm
7 August 2002
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
25.9 cm
28 October 1956
Sunniest day
15.7 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 54 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 18 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 61 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 22 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 56 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 49 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 137 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 74 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 58 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 72 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 53 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 22 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wegscheid?
Wegscheid has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 867 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wegscheid?
The hottest day measured in Wegscheid between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wegscheid?
The coldest day measured in Wegscheid between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Wegscheid?
Yes. Wegscheid gets on average 89.4 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Wegscheid warmed?
Yes: Wegscheid warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wegscheid?
The wettest day measured in Wegscheid between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2002, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wegscheid?
The windiest day measured in Wegscheid between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wegscheid?
The warmest month in Wegscheid is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Wegscheid?
Wegscheid receives on average 867 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wegscheid?
Wegscheid 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 Wegscheid?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wegscheid between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1956, with 25.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wegscheid?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wegscheid.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wegscheid?
In Wegscheid, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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