Wunsiedel climate — normals and trends
Wunsiedel (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 808 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wunsiedel averages 107 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Wunsiedel 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 126 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -29.3 °C (on 29 December 1941).
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
WunsiedelBavaria
- coords
- 50.04°, 12.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.4°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
808mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
35.6 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
29 December 1941
Wettest day
52 mm
8 August 1978
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
29 December 1941
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
24 April 1980
Sunniest day
15.7 h
20 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 | +3.6 °C | 81 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 18 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 26 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 33 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 52 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 54 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 111 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 39 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 104 mm | +44 mm |
| Oct | 11.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 85 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 5.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 36 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -55 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wunsiedel?
Wunsiedel has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 808 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wunsiedel?
The hottest day measured in Wunsiedel between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wunsiedel?
The coldest day measured in Wunsiedel between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1941, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Wunsiedel?
Yes. Wunsiedel gets on average 100.0 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Wunsiedel warmed?
Yes: Wunsiedel warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wunsiedel?
The wettest day measured in Wunsiedel between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1978, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wunsiedel?
The windiest day measured in Wunsiedel between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wunsiedel?
The warmest month in Wunsiedel is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Wunsiedel?
Wunsiedel receives on average 808 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wunsiedel?
Wunsiedel 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 Wunsiedel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wunsiedel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1980, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wunsiedel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wunsiedel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wunsiedel?
In Wunsiedel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 29 December 1941.
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