Witzenhausen climate — normals and trends
Witzenhausen (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 745 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Witzenhausen averages 79 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Witzenhausen has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 97 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 27 January 1942).
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
WitzenhausenHesse
- coords
- 51.34°, 9.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
745mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
36.7 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
58 mm
17 July 2002
Windiest day
48.9 km/h
18 January 2018
Strongest gust
123.5 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
22 March 2007
Sunniest day
15.5 h
13 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 109 mm | +55 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 14 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 65 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 48 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 54 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 76 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 44 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 62 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 60 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 42 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Witzenhausen?
Witzenhausen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Witzenhausen?
The hottest day measured in Witzenhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Witzenhausen?
The coldest day measured in Witzenhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Witzenhausen?
Yes. Witzenhausen gets on average 53.9 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Witzenhausen warmed?
Yes: Witzenhausen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Witzenhausen?
The wettest day measured in Witzenhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2002, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Witzenhausen?
The windiest day measured in Witzenhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Witzenhausen?
The warmest month in Witzenhausen is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Witzenhausen?
Witzenhausen receives on average 745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Witzenhausen?
Witzenhausen gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Witzenhausen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Witzenhausen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2007, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Witzenhausen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Witzenhausen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Witzenhausen?
In Witzenhausen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 27 January 1942.
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