Willingen climate — normals and trends
Willingen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 992 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Willingen averages 88 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.
Willingen has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -24.1 °C (on 19 December 2009).
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
WillingenHesse
- coords
- 51.29°, 8.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
992mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
173 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
34.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-24.1 °C
19 December 2009
Wettest day
55 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
54.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
135.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-29.4 °C
7 February 2012
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.5 h
22 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 138 mm | +60 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 38 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 27 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 94 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 65 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 78 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 100 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 42 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 68 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 92 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 53 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 28 mm | -53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Willingen?
Willingen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Willingen?
The hottest day measured in Willingen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Willingen?
The coldest day measured in Willingen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2009, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Willingen?
Yes. Willingen gets on average 100.1 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Willingen warmed?
Yes: Willingen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Willingen?
The wettest day measured in Willingen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Willingen?
The windiest day measured in Willingen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Willingen?
The warmest month in Willingen is July (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Willingen?
Willingen receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Willingen?
Willingen 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 Willingen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Willingen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Willingen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Willingen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Willingen?
In Willingen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 13 August 2025, and the lowest was -29.4 °C on 7 February 2012.
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