Long Rhön · Thuringia · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Ellenbogen

813 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation813 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.6 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul20°average high

50.57° N, 10.08° EElevation 813 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Ellenbogen in brief

Ellenbogen rises to 813 m in the Long Rhön, Thuringia, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 20°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Oberweid, 2.4 km to the NW at 498 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 Ellenbogen by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	1°	2°	6°	11°	15°	18°	20°	20°	15°	10°	5°	2°
Average low	-4°	-4°	-1°	2°	6°	9°	11°	11°	7°	4°	0°	-3°
Precipitation	87 mm	70 mm	84 mm	63 mm	85 mm	82 mm	92 mm	78 mm	78 mm	78 mm	87 mm	97 mm
Cloud cover	65%	58%	56%	47%	45%	44%	41%	40%	49%	56%	68%	70%
Daylight	8h 28	10h 03	11h 49	13h 47	15h 28	16h 26	16h 03	14h 34	12h 41	10h 48	9h 01	8h 01
Month score	19	27	24	38	55	72	70	74	56	27	18	15

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–Feb · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	600 m	650 m	1,150 m	1,800 m	2,400 m	2,900 m	3,200 m	3,200 m	2,550 m	1,900 m	1,200 m	750 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

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Wasserkuppe	950 m	584 m	13 km SW	19°
Kreuzberg (Rhön)	928 m	273 m	24 km S	20°
Heidelstein	926 m	110 m	14 km SW	20°
Eierhauckberg	910 m	125 m	23 km SW	20°
Abtsrodaer Kuppe	905 m	–	13 km SW	20°
Stirnberg	902 m	–	9.5 km S	20°
Hohe Hölle	894 m	139 m	18 km SW	20°
Steinkopf (Wüstensachsen)	888 m	–	11 km SW	20°