Oftringen climate — normals and trends
Oftringen (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 1,376 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Oftringen averages 86 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.
Oftringen has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 13 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
OftringenCanton of Aargau
- coords
- 47.31°, 7.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,376mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
182 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
35.5 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
13 February 1956
Wettest day
65 mm
23 June 1973
Windiest day
44.6 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
131.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-29.9 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
26.5 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 | 4.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 112 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 49 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 65 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 79 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 155 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 127 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 215 mm | +56 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 210 mm | +55 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 179 mm | +68 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 115 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 115 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | -67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oftringen?
Oftringen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 1,376 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oftringen?
The hottest day measured in Oftringen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oftringen?
The coldest day measured in Oftringen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1956, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Oftringen?
Yes. Oftringen gets on average 113.0 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of Oftringen warmed?
Yes: Oftringen warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oftringen?
The wettest day measured in Oftringen between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1973, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oftringen?
The windiest day measured in Oftringen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oftringen?
The warmest month in Oftringen is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Oftringen?
Oftringen receives on average 1,376 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oftringen?
Oftringen gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oftringen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oftringen between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oftringen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oftringen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oftringen?
In Oftringen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -29.9 °C on 10 February 1956.
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