In 2023/2024, the average winter temperature in Germany was *** degrees Celsius. That winter was part of a growing list of warmer winters in the country. Figures had increased noticeably compared to the 1960s. Warmer in the winter Everyone has a different perception of what actually makes a cold or warm winter, but the fact is that winter temperatures are, indeed, changing in Germany, and its 16 federal states are feeling it. Also in 2022/2023, Bremen and Hamburg in the north recorded the highest average figures at around 4 degrees each. The least warm states that year, so to speak, were Thuringia, Saxony, and Bavaria. The German National Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD), a federal office, monitors the weather in Germany. Global warming Rising temperatures are a global concern, with climate change making itself known. While these developments may be influenced by natural events, human industrial activity has been another significant contributor for centuries now. Greenhouse gas emissions play a leading part in global warming. This leads to warmer seasons year-round and summer heat waves, as greenhouse gas emissions cause solar heat to remain in the Earth’s atmosphere. In fact, as of 2022, Germany recorded **** days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees Celcius, which was more than three times the increase compared to 2021.

Based on current monthly figures, on average, German climate has gotten a bit warmer. The average temperature for January 2025 was recorded at around 2 degrees Celsius, compared to 1.5 degrees a year before. In the broader context of climate change, average monthly temperatures are indicative of where the national climate is headed and whether attempts to control global warming are successful. Summer and winter Average summer temperature in Germany fluctuated in recent years, generally between 18 to 19 degrees Celsius. The season remains generally warm, and while there may not be as many hot and sunny days as in other parts of Europe, heat waves have occurred. In fact, 2023 saw 11.5 days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees, though this was a decrease compared to the year before. Meanwhile, average winter temperatures also fluctuated, but were higher in recent years, rising over four degrees on average in 2024. Figures remained in the above zero range since 2011. Numbers therefore suggest that German winters are becoming warmer, even if individual regions experiencing colder sub-zero snaps or even more snowfall may disagree. Rain, rain, go away Average monthly precipitation varied depending on the season, though sometimes figures from different times of the year were comparable. In 2024, the average monthly precipitation was highest in May and September, although rainfalls might increase in October and November with the beginning of the cold season. In the past, torrential rains have led to catastrophic flooding in Germany, with one of the most devastating being the flood of July 2021. Germany is not immune to the weather changing between two extremes, e.g. very warm spring months mostly without rain, when rain might be wished for, and then increased precipitation in other months where dry weather might be better, for example during planting and harvest seasons. Climate change remains on the agenda in all its far-reaching ways.

Temperature in Germany increased to 11.19 celsius in 2024 from 10.89 celsius in 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Germany Average Temperature.

In 2023/2024, the average winter temperature in Germany was *** degrees Celsius. That winter was part of a growing list of warmer winters in the country. Figures had increased noticeably compared to the 1960s. Warmer in the winter Everyone has a different perception of what actually makes a cold or warm winter, but the fact is that winter temperatures are, indeed, changing in Germany, and its 16 federal states are feeling it. Also in 2022/2023, Bremen and Hamburg in the north recorded the highest average figures at around 4 degrees each. The least warm states that year, so to speak, were Thuringia, Saxony, and Bavaria. The German National Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD), a federal office, monitors the weather in Germany. Global warming Rising temperatures are a global concern, with climate change making itself known. While these developments may be influenced by natural events, human industrial activity has been another significant contributor for centuries now. Greenhouse gas emissions play a leading part in global warming. This leads to warmer seasons year-round and summer heat waves, as greenhouse gas emissions cause solar heat to remain in the Earth’s atmosphere. In fact, as of 2022, Germany recorded **** days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees Celcius, which was more than three times the increase compared to 2021.

In winter 2024/25, the average temperature in Bremen was *** degrees Celsius. This made it the warmest federal state during this timeline, followed by Schleswig-Holstein. The coldest at the same time was Bavaria, with an average temperature of *** degrees Celsius.

In 2023/2024, the average winter temperature in Germany was 4.1 degrees Celsius. That winter was part of a growing list of warmer winters in the country. Figures had increased noticeably compared to the 1960s. Warmer in the winter Everyone has a different perception of what actually makes a cold or warm winter, but the fact is that winter temperatures are, indeed, changing in Germany, and its 16 federal states are feeling it. Also in 2022/2023, Bremen and Hamburg in the north recorded the highest average figures at around 4 degrees each. The least warm states that year, so to speak, were Thuringia, Saxony, and Bavaria. The German National Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD), a federal office, monitors the weather in Germany. Global warming Rising temperatures are a global concern, with climate change making itself known. While these developments may be influenced by natural events, human industrial activity has been another significant contributor for centuries now. Greenhouse gas emissions play a leading part in global warming. This leads to warmer seasons year-round and summer heat waves, as greenhouse gas emissions cause solar heat to remain in the Earth’s atmosphere. In fact, as of 2022, Germany recorded 17.3 days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees Celcius, which was more than three times the increase compared to 2021.

In 2024, Germany recorded a mean temperature of **** degrees Celsius. This was practically unchanged compared to the year before. Figures fluctuated during the timeline presented, but have grown compared to the 1960s and 70s.

In winter 2024/25, the average temperature in Bremen was *** degrees Celsius. This made it the warmest federal state during this timeline, followed by Schleswig-Holstein. The coldest at the same time was Bavaria, with an average temperature of *** degrees Celsius.

Based on current monthly figures, on average, German climate has gotten a bit warmer. The average temperature for January 2025 was recorded at around 2 degrees Celsius, compared to 1.5 degrees a year before. In the broader context of climate change, average monthly temperatures are indicative of where the national climate is headed and whether attempts to control global warming are successful. Summer and winter Average summer temperature in Germany fluctuated in recent years, generally between 18 to 19 degrees Celsius. The season remains generally warm, and while there may not be as many hot and sunny days as in other parts of Europe, heat waves have occurred. In fact, 2023 saw 11.5 days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees, though this was a decrease compared to the year before. Meanwhile, average winter temperatures also fluctuated, but were higher in recent years, rising over four degrees on average in 2024. Figures remained in the above zero range since 2011. Numbers therefore suggest that German winters are becoming warmer, even if individual regions experiencing colder sub-zero snaps or even more snowfall may disagree. Rain, rain, go away Average monthly precipitation varied depending on the season, though sometimes figures from different times of the year were comparable. In 2024, the average monthly precipitation was highest in May and September, although rainfalls might increase in October and November with the beginning of the cold season. In the past, torrential rains have led to catastrophic flooding in Germany, with one of the most devastating being the flood of July 2021. Germany is not immune to the weather changing between two extremes, e.g. very warm spring months mostly without rain, when rain might be wished for, and then increased precipitation in other months where dry weather might be better, for example during planting and harvest seasons. Climate change remains on the agenda in all its far-reaching ways.

Based on current monthly figures, on average, German climate has gotten a bit warmer. The average temperature for January 2025 was recorded at around 2 degrees Celsius, compared to 1.5 degrees a year before. In the broader context of climate change, average monthly temperatures are indicative of where the national climate is headed and whether attempts to control global warming are successful. Summer and winter Average summer temperature in Germany fluctuated in recent years, generally between 18 to 19 degrees Celsius. The season remains generally warm, and while there may not be as many hot and sunny days as in other parts of Europe, heat waves have occurred. In fact, 2023 saw 11.5 days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees, though this was a decrease compared to the year before. Meanwhile, average winter temperatures also fluctuated, but were higher in recent years, rising over four degrees on average in 2024. Figures remained in the above zero range since 2011. Numbers therefore suggest that German winters are becoming warmer, even if individual regions experiencing colder sub-zero snaps or even more snowfall may disagree. Rain, rain, go away Average monthly precipitation varied depending on the season, though sometimes figures from different times of the year were comparable. In 2024, the average monthly precipitation was highest in May and September, although rainfalls might increase in October and November with the beginning of the cold season. In the past, torrential rains have led to catastrophic flooding in Germany, with one of the most devastating being the flood of July 2021. Germany is not immune to the weather changing between two extremes, e.g. very warm spring months mostly without rain, when rain might be wished for, and then increased precipitation in other months where dry weather might be better, for example during planting and harvest seasons. Climate change remains on the agenda in all its far-reaching ways.

In 2024, Germany recorded a mean temperature of 10.9 degrees Celsius. This was practically unchanged compared to the year before. Figures fluctuated during the timeline presented, but have grown compared to the 1960s and 70s.

This dataset contains outputs from two runs of a coupled atmosphere-ocean model at DKRZ in Hamburg. The runs were made in 1990 and they include a control run and an IPCC Scenario A run. We received 100 years of monthly 10-year climatologies of 2m temperature, precipitation, net surface solar radiation, and reflected surface solar radiation in GRIB0 format. We also received outputs from 100-year transient runs (control, IPCC Scenario A, and IPCC Scenario D). These included monthly means of 59 parameters at the surface and 15 isobaric levels. We were notified in May 1993 that there was a problem with the vertical interpolation in those runs, so the data are no longer in our public distribution, but they remain in our archive.

In 2024, the average summer temperature in Germany was **** degrees Celsius. This was basically unchanged compared to the year before. While figures fluctuated during the given timeline, there were regular peaks, and in general, temperatures had grown noticeably since the 1960s. Not beating the heat German summers are getting hotter, and as desired as warm weather may be after months of winter (which, incidentally, also warms up year after year), this is another confirmation of global warming. Higher summer temperatures have various negative effects on both nature and humans. Recent years in Germany have seen a growing number of hot days with a temperature of at least 30 degrees, with **** recorded in 2023. However, this was a decrease compared to the year before. The number of deaths due to heat and sunlight had peaked in 2015. Rain or shine All the German states saw less sunshine hours in 2023 compared to the previous year. The sunniest states were Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Saarland. Meanwhile, summer precipitation in Germany varied greatly during the same timeline as presented in this graph, but 2022 was one of the dryest years yet.

In winter 2024/25, the average temperature in Bremen was 3.6 degrees Celsius. This made it the warmest federal state during this timeline, followed by Schleswig-Holstein. The coldest at the same time was Bavaria, with an average temperature of 0.9 degrees Celsius.

During the specified timeline, 2024 was the warmest year recorded in Germany, with an average temperature of 10.9 degrees Celsius. The average temperature tended to rise over the timeline under review. The statistic presents the years with the highest average temperature in the country between 1934 and 2024.

Overview

These are two multi-annual raster products from the german weather service, that got refined from a 1km grid to a 25m grid, by using a local regression model.

The base rasters from DWD are:

HYRAS precipitation

REGNIE precipitation

DWD-grid (precipitation, potential evapotranspiration and temperature 2m above ground)

To refine the grids the Copernicus DEM with a resolution of 25m got used. For every cell a linear regression model got created, by selecting the multi-annual rasters value and the elevation, from the original digital elevation model that was used by the DWD to create the raster, in a certain window around the cell. This window was at least 2 cells around the considered cell, so 5x5=25 cells. If the standard deviation of the elevation in this window was less than 4m, more neighbooring cells are considered until a maximum of 13x13=169 cells are considered. This widening of the window was necessary for flat regions to get a reasonable regression model.

Out of these combinations of elevation and climate parameter a linear regression model was build. These regression models are then applied to the finer digital elevation model with its 25m resolution from Copernicus.

The following image illustrates the generation of the refined rasters on a small example window:

Abstract: Climate time series for Germany derived from observations of the German Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst / DWD) provided in daily resolution at a grid width of 250 meters for the period from 1961 to 2020 (current status February 2023). The following variables were processed: Daily total global radiation, separately for a horizontal and an inclined plane; daily total precipitation; daily mean, minimum and maximum 2m-air temperature; daily mean water vapor saturation deficit; daily mean wind speed. The temperature data sets are available in two different versions: V5 including a residual correction and V6 without. TableOfContents: Daily total global radiation at horizontal plane (grhds); daily total global radiation at inclined plane (grids); daily total precipitation (rrds); daily mean water vapor saturation deficit (sddm); daily mean 2m-air temperature (tadm); daily minimum 2m-air temperature (tadn); daily maximum 2m-air temperature; daily mean wind speed (wsdm) TechnicalInfo: dimension: 2578 columns x 3476 rows; temporalExtent_startDate: 1961-01-01 00:00:00; temporalExtent_endDate: 2020-12-31 23:59:59; temporalDuration: 60; temporalDurationUnit: a; temporalResolution: 1; temporalResolutionUnit: d; spatialResolution: 250; spatialResolutionUnit: m; horizontalResolutionXdirection: 250; horizontalResolutionXdirectionUnit: m; horizontalResolutionYdirection: 250; horizontalResolutionYdirectionUnit: m; verticalResolution: none; verticalResolutionUnit: none Methods: Spatialization of gridded climate fields is performed, merging Model Output Statistics (MOS) downscaling with surface parameterization techniques (Böhner and Antonic, 2009; Böhner and Bechtel, 2018) to account for terrain-forced fine-scale topoclimatic variations. For a comprehensive description of the methods, see Wehberg and Böhner (2023). A description of the methods used can be found in: Dietrich, H.; Wolf, T.; Kawohl, T.; Wehberg, J.; Kändler, G.; Mette, T.; & Röder, A. & Böhner, J. (2019). Temporal and Spatial High-Resolution Climate Data from 1961 to 2100 for the German National Forest Inventory (NFI). Annals of Forest Science 76, 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0788-5 Kawohl, T.; Dietrich, H.; Wehberg, J.; Böhner, J.; Wolf, T. & Röder, A. (2017). Das Klima in 80 Jahren – Wein- statt Waldbau? – AFZ-Der Wald 15: 32-35. For GIS-based Terrain-parameterization methods and their application in statistical-dynamical downscaling see, e.g.: Conrad, O., Bechtel, B., Bock, M., Dietrich, H., Fischer, E., Gerlitz, L., Wehberg, J., Wichmann, V., & Böhner, J. (2015). System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses (SAGA) v. 2.1.4, Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 1991–2007, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1991-2015. Böhner, J. & Bechtel, B. (2018): GIS in Climatology and Meteorology. – In: Huang, B. [Ed.]: Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems. – Vol. 2, pp. 196–235. Oxford: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09633-0. Quality: -- Units: MJ/m2; MJ/m2; mm; hPa; degC; degC; degC; m/s GeoLocation: westBoundCoordinate: 278750; westBoundCoordinateUnit: m; eastBoundCoordinate: 923000; eastBoundCoordinateUnit: m; southBoundCoordinate: 5234000; southBoundCoordinateUnit: m; northBoundCoordinate: 6102750; northBoundCoordinateUnit: m; ProjectCoordinateSystem: Transverse_Mercator; ProjectionCoordinateSystemParameters: [+proj=utm +datum=WGS84 +zone=32 +no_defs]. geoLocationPlace:Germany; UTMZone: 32 Size: Files are first packed into zip-archives and then further grouped together into one tar-archive per variable and 10-year period. The original file size is between about 4 and 7.5 GB per year and variable. The file size of the tar archives ranges between 3 GB and 70 GB. Format: SAGA-Grid (.sgrd), https://saga-gis.sourceforge.io/en/index.html DataSources: DWD Climate Data Center (CDC): Historical daily station observations (temperature, pressure, precipitation,sunshine duration, etc.) for Germany, version v21.3, 2021. Dataset-ID: urn:x-wmo:md:de.dwd.cdc::obsgermany-climate-daily-kl-historical and DWD Climate Data Center (CDC): Historical daily precipitation observations for Germany, version v21.3,2021. Dataset-ID: urn:x-wmo:md:de.dwd.cdc::obsgermany-climate-daily-more_precip-historical. http://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate/daily/ Contact: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Böhner, Universität Hamburg, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Institute of Geography, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, juergen.boehner (at) uni-hamburg.de; https://www.geo.uni-hamburg.de/en/geographie/mitarbeiterverzeichnis/boehner.html Webpage: https://www.waldklimafonds.de/ and https://www.lwf.bayern.de/boden-klima/wasserhaushalt/223446/index.php Created within project "Veränderte Produktivität und Kohlenstoffspeicherung der Wälder Deutschlands angesichts des Klimawandels" (WP-KS-KW, https://www.waldklimafonds.de/index.php?id=13913&fkz=22WC400312) funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). The data update until 2020 was performed in the project "Wasserhaushalt im Klimawandel" (WHH-KW, https://www.fnr.de/index.php?id=11150&fkz=22WK414104) funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) within the framework of the Forest Climate Fund.

This data shows the average temperature in Germany 2024, by federal state. That year, the average temperature in the city-state Berlin was **** degrees Celsius.

This document describes a selection of 81 climate stations distributed across Germany, which are given in the KL format traditionally used for climate data exchange. This traditional format for futures values ​​is filed here for customers processing this format, but is scheduled to be replaced in the coming years. The observations and measurements come from DWD stations and partner network stations that are legally and qualitatively equivalent. The 81 stations were chosen because of their good quality and their coverage of Germany. The measurements were carried out on clearly defined climate dates. Daily values ​​(mean, min, max) are included. A total of around 36 parameters related to pressure, temperature, precipitation, snow cover, cloud cover, sunshine, humidity and wind are provided. Further information: https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate/subdaily/standard_format/BESCHREIBUNG_obsgermany_climate_subdaily_standard_format_de.pdf

In 2024, Germany recorded a total precipitation of around 901 millimeters. Figures fluctuated during the specified timeline.