Menziken climate — normals and trends
Menziken (Switzerland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,446 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Menziken averages 77 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 183 rainy days per year.
Menziken has warmed by +2.6 °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 109 to 45 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -21.8 °C (on 10 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
MenzikenCanton of Aargau
- coords
- 47.24°, 8.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,446mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
183 d/yr
Annual snowfall
135.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
28.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
34.9 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-21.8 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
73 mm
7 August 1978
Windiest day
36.6 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-28.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.6 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 108 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 45 mm | -42 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 67 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 88 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 159 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 108 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 230 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 215 mm | +52 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 196 mm | +74 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 107 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 8.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 116 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 27 mm | -70 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Menziken?
Menziken has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,446 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Menziken?
The hottest day measured in Menziken between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Menziken?
The coldest day measured in Menziken between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -21.8 °C.
Does it snow in Menziken?
Yes. Menziken gets on average 135.7 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Menziken warmed?
Yes: Menziken warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Menziken?
The wettest day measured in Menziken between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1978, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Menziken?
The windiest day measured in Menziken between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 36.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Menziken?
The warmest month in Menziken is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Menziken?
Menziken receives on average 1,446 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 183 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Menziken?
Menziken 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 Menziken?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Menziken between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 23.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Menziken?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Menziken.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Menziken?
In Menziken, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -28.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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