Wernigerode climate — normals and trends
Wernigerode (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 752 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wernigerode averages 93 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Wernigerode has warmed by +2.1 °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 109 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 2 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
WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt
- coords
- 51.84°, 10.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
752mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.5 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
36.8 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
52 mm
8 August 1963
Windiest day
55.2 km/h
13 November 1972
Strongest gust
123.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
2 January 1987
Sunniest day
15.9 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 91 mm | +36 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 28 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 14 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 48 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 54 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 60 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 84 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 54 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 63 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 70 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 24 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wernigerode?
Wernigerode has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 752 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wernigerode?
The hottest day measured in Wernigerode between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wernigerode?
The coldest day measured in Wernigerode between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Wernigerode?
Yes. Wernigerode gets on average 72.7 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Wernigerode warmed?
Yes: Wernigerode warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wernigerode?
The wettest day measured in Wernigerode between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1963, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wernigerode?
The windiest day measured in Wernigerode between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1972, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wernigerode?
The warmest month in Wernigerode is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Wernigerode?
Wernigerode receives on average 752 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wernigerode?
Wernigerode gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wernigerode?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wernigerode between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1987, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wernigerode?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wernigerode.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wernigerode?
In Wernigerode, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 2 February 1956.
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