Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation692 mm152 wet days a year
50.87° N, 9.71° EElevation 209 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goBad Hersfeld · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bad Hersfeld has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 692 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (60 mm, 16 wet days) and September the driest (57 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in August to 55% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Bad Hersfeld is 0.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 58 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 4° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 55 mm | 44 mm | 55 mm | 46 mm | 68 mm | 64 mm | 70 mm | 60 mm | 57 mm | 53 mm | 60 mm | 60 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 12.9 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 15.8 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 48% | 46% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 34% | 42% | 47% | 54% | 55% |
| Daylight | 8h 26 | 10h 02 | 11h 49 | 13h 48 | 15h 31 | 16h 29 | 16h 05 | 14h 35 | 12h 41 | 10h 47 | 8h 59 | 7h 58 |
| Month score | 16 | 23 | 23 | 56 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 42 | 18 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Bad Hersfeld in every month
January16
4° / -2°
55 mm · 14.8 wet days
February23
5° / -1°
44 mm · 11.8 wet days
March23
10° / 1°
55 mm · 12.1 wet days
April56
15° / 4°
46 mm · 9.9 wet days
May65
19° / 8°
68 mm · 13.1 wet days
June66
22° / 11°
64 mm · 12.9 wet days
July65
25° / 13°
70 mm · 14.5 wet days
August68
24° / 12°
60 mm · 12.9 wet days
September72
19° / 9°
57 mm · 9.7 wet days
October42
14° / 6°
53 mm · 11.6 wet days
November18
8° / 2°
60 mm · 12.6 wet days
December15
4° / -1°
60 mm · 15.8 wet days