Lower Saxon Hills · Lower Saxony · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Backenberg

Volcano341 mSnow likely Jan

Elevation341 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation3.1 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

51.53° N, 9.72° EElevation 341 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Backenberg in brief

Backenberg rises to 341 m in the Lower Saxon Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.

The nearest town is Barterode, 4.1 km to the NE at 253 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Backenberg by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	5°	9°	14°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low	-2°	-2°	0°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	2°	-1°
Precipitation	75 mm	56 mm	71 mm	52 mm	72 mm	80 mm	79 mm	73 mm	72 mm	64 mm	77 mm	81 mm
Cloud cover	54%	51%	49%	42%	41%	40%	37%	36%	43%	48%	55%	58%
Daylight	8h 20	9h 59	11h 48	13h 51	15h 36	16h 37	16h 12	14h 39	12h 42	10h 45	8h 54	7h 52
Month score	27	34	31	58	74	74	75	77	75	49	26	24

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

Snow likely Jan

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	450 m	600 m	1,050 m	1,600 m	2,200 m	2,700 m	3,050 m	3,000 m	2,400 m	1,750 m	1,050 m	600 m
Summit	❄ 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	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Haferberg	580 m	–	24 km S	22°
Großer Steinberg	493 m	–	19 km N	22°
Hoher Hagen	493 m	–	7.3 km SE	22°
Auf der Schärfe	477 m	–	22 km SE	22°
Staufenberg (Reinhardswald)	472 m	220 m	12 km W	22°
Gahrenberg	472 m	–	15 km SW	22°
Brackenberg	461 m	–	11 km S	23°
Hahneberg (Reinhardswald)	461 m	–	12 km W	22°