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Preiner WandHohe Wand · Lower Austria · AustriaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Plackles
1,132 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec
Elevation1,132 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation6.5 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul21°average high
47.81° N, 16.00° EElevation 1,132 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,132 m
- Mid-mountain840 m
- Valley · Grünbach am Schneeberg550 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Plackles in brief
Plackles rises to 1,132 m in the Hohe Wand, Lower Austria, Austria.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.
The nearest town is Grünbach am Schneeberg, 2.2 km to the SW at 550 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,132 m · 3,714 ft
- Range
- Hohe Wand
- Region
- Lower Austria
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 47.8142, 16.0032
- Nearest airport
- Vienna International Airport (VIE) · 54 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Plackles by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 2° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 16° | 11° | 6° | 2° |
| Average low | -5° | -4° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 0° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 50 mm | 50 mm | 70 mm | 60 mm | 104 mm | 122 mm | 112 mm | 115 mm | 90 mm | 62 mm | 67 mm | 62 mm |
| Cloud cover | 48% | 49% | 50% | 44% | 41% | 40% | 34% | 34% | 40% | 43% | 51% | 51% |
| Daylight | 8h 49 | 10h 15 | 11h 50 | 13h 37 | 15h 08 | 15h 59 | 15h 39 | 14h 20 | 12h 37 | 10h 55 | 9h 19 | 8h 26 |
| Month score | 37 | 36 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 43 | 31 | 32 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 900 m | 1,000 m | 1,400 m | 2,100 m | 2,750 m | 3,300 m | 3,600 m | 3,600 m | 2,900 m | 2,300 m | 1,600 m | 1,000 m |
| Summit | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | ❄ snow |
ivTerrain
Plackles in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of AustriaPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klosterwappen | 2,076 m | – | 16 km W | 13° |
| Kaiserstein, Puchberg am Schneeberg | 2,061 m | – | 15 km W | 13° |
| Dreimarkstein, Styria | 1,948 m | 170 m | 25 km SW | 14° |
| Scheibwaldhöhe | 1,943 m | – | 24 km SW | 13° |
| Waxriegel | 1,888 m | – | 14 km SW | 14° |
| Haberfeldkuppe | 1,865 m | – | 24 km SW | 14° |
| Preiner Wand | 1,783 m | – | 24 km SW | 15° |
| Jakobskogel | 1,736 m | – | 22 km SW | 16° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Willendorf am Steinfelde
Lower Austria · 4.9 km SE
15°Oct high
9wet days
58score
Around here
Grünbach am Schneeberg and around
Grünbach am Schneeberg
Lower Austria · Austria
Jul–Sepbest months
25°July high
550 maltitude
Nature
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Einhornhöhle ("Unicorn Cave")
Cave
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Klosterwappen
2,076 m · Schneeberg
Heritage
Saint Michael Church (Grünbach am Schneeberg)
Listed objects in Austria
Museums
Städtisches Museum Neunkirchen, Lower Austria
Local museum · 1940





















































