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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Menden
Menden climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Jul · Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,005 mm164 wet days a year
51.44° N, 7.78° EElevation 165 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goMenden · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul · Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Menden 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 5° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 1,005 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (96 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (59 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in August to 56% in December.
Compared with Berlin, the capital, Menden is 1.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 36 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 53 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 | 5° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 10° | 6° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 96 mm | 76 mm | 88 mm | 59 mm | 75 mm | 83 mm | 90 mm | 84 mm | 84 mm | 84 mm | 92 mm | 94 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.4 | 13 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 16.3 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 50% | 48% | 43% | 42% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 43% | 47% | 53% | 56% |
| Daylight | 8h 21 | 10h 00 | 11h 49 | 13h 50 | 15h 35 | 16h 36 | 16h 11 | 14h 39 | 12h 42 | 10h 45 | 8h 55 | 7h 53 |
| Month score | 15 | 19 | 20 | 55 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 69 | 46 | 15 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Menden in every month
January15
5° / 0°
96 mm · 16.4 wet days
February19
6° / 0°
76 mm · 13 wet days
March20
10° / 2°
88 mm · 13.2 wet days
April55
15° / 4°
59 mm · 10.4 wet days
May64
19° / 8°
75 mm · 13.1 wet days
June63
22° / 11°
83 mm · 13.6 wet days
July64
24° / 13°
90 mm · 15.6 wet days
August64
24° / 13°
84 mm · 14.8 wet days
September69
20° / 10°
84 mm · 10.9 wet days
October46
15° / 7°
84 mm · 12.5 wet days
November15
10° / 4°
92 mm · 14.1 wet days
December14
6° / 1°
94 mm · 16.3 wet days