Zwönitz climate — normals and trends
Zwönitz (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 910 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zwönitz averages 93 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Zwönitz has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 112 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -27.1 °C (on 1 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
ZwönitzSaxony
- coords
- 50.63°, 12.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
910mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
35.7 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
93 mm
8 August 1978
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
1 November 1998
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
29.3 cm
24 April 1980
Sunniest day
16.0 h
17 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 81 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 39 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 55 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 55 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 70 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 132 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 52 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 103 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 91 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 26 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zwönitz?
Zwönitz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 910 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zwönitz?
The hottest day measured in Zwönitz between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zwönitz?
The coldest day measured in Zwönitz between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zwönitz?
Yes. Zwönitz gets on average 110.6 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Zwönitz warmed?
Yes: Zwönitz warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zwönitz?
The wettest day measured in Zwönitz between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1978, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zwönitz?
The windiest day measured in Zwönitz between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1998, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zwönitz?
The warmest month in Zwönitz is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Zwönitz?
Zwönitz receives on average 910 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zwönitz?
Zwönitz gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zwönitz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zwönitz between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1980, with 29.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zwönitz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zwönitz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zwönitz?
In Zwönitz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 1 February 1956.
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