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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Blankenburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Blankenburg climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation679 mm139 wet days a year
51.79° N, 10.96° EElevation 229 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goBlankenburg · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low13° / 5°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Blankenburg has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 679 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (63 mm, 14 wet days) and April the driest (45 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in July to 58% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Blankenburg is 1.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 36% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 49 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 | 3° | 4° | 8° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 23° | 19° | 13° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 57 mm | 45 mm | 59 mm | 45 mm | 62 mm | 66 mm | 64 mm | 61 mm | 55 mm | 46 mm | 56 mm | 63 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.4 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 14.2 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 52% | 49% | 42% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 47% | 55% | 58% |
| Daylight | 8h 18 | 9h 58 | 11h 48 | 13h 52 | 15h 38 | 16h 40 | 16h 14 | 14h 41 | 12h 42 | 10h 44 | 8h 52 | 7h 49 |
| Month score | 16 | 25 | 24 | 52 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 69 | 72 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
ivMonth by month
Blankenburg in every month
January16
3° / -2°
57 mm · 13.4 wet days
February25
4° / -2°
45 mm · 10.2 wet days
March24
8° / 0°
59 mm · 11.1 wet days
April52
14° / 3°
45 mm · 8.9 wet days
May69
18° / 7°
62 mm · 11.2 wet days
June68
21° / 10°
66 mm · 12.1 wet days
July65
24° / 13°
64 mm · 13.8 wet days
August69
23° / 12°
61 mm · 12.1 wet days
September72
19° / 9°
55 mm · 9.8 wet days
October43
13° / 5°
46 mm · 10.6 wet days
November21
8° / 2°
56 mm · 11.2 wet days
December13
4° / -1°
63 mm · 14.2 wet days