Eschenbach climate — normals and trends
Eschenbach (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,735 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Eschenbach averages 123 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 194 rainy days per year.
Eschenbach has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 149 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 23 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
EschenbachCanton of St. Gallen
- coords
- 47.24°, 8.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,735mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
194 d/yr
Annual snowfall
300.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
32.8 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
81 mm
31 July 1977
Windiest day
29.3 km/h
7 April 1949
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
5 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
32.9 cm
14 January 2021
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 99 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 40 mm | -66 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 96 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 82 mm | -49 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 208 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 132 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 307 mm | +98 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 238 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 17.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 200 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 113 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 120 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 35 mm | -83 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eschenbach?
Eschenbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,735 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eschenbach?
The hottest day measured in Eschenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eschenbach?
The coldest day measured in Eschenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Eschenbach?
Yes. Eschenbach gets on average 300.0 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Eschenbach warmed?
Yes: Eschenbach warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eschenbach?
The wettest day measured in Eschenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1977, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eschenbach?
The windiest day measured in Eschenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1949, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eschenbach?
The warmest month in Eschenbach is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Eschenbach?
Eschenbach receives on average 1,735 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 194 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eschenbach?
Eschenbach gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eschenbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eschenbach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2021, with 32.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eschenbach?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Eschenbach.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eschenbach?
In Eschenbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 5 July 2015, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 23 January 1942.
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