Odenwald · Hesse · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Elseberg

518 mSnow likely Jan

Elevation518 mabove sea level

Prominence10 mindependent height

Isolation1.3 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

49.58° N, 9.01° EElevation 518 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit518 m
Mid-mountain360 m
Valley · Michelstadt207 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Elseberg in brief

Elseberg rises to 518 m in the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 10 m.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 24°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.

The nearest town is Beerfelden, 2.5 km to the W at 414 m.

Facts

Elevation: 518 m · 1,699 ft
Prominence: 10 m
Range: Odenwald
Region: Hesse
Country: Germany
Coordinates: 49.5762, 9.0073
Nearest airport: Mannheim-City Airport (MHG) · 37 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 Elseberg by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Elseberg by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	5°	9°	14°	18°	22°	24°	24°	19°	13°	7°	4°
Average low	-2°	-2°	1°	4°	8°	11°	13°	13°	9°	6°	2°	-1°
Precipitation	94 mm	84 mm	96 mm	67 mm	92 mm	82 mm	93 mm	78 mm	76 mm	94 mm	86 mm	104 mm
Cloud cover	57%	51%	50%	43%	43%	39%	36%	36%	42%	49%	59%	62%
Daylight	8h 36	10h 08	11h 50	13h 43	15h 21	16h 16	15h 54	14h 28	12h 39	10h 50	9h 07	8h 10
Month score	21	26	23	56	69	74	72	76	74	41	22	16

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

Snow likely Jan

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	650 m	750 m	1,300 m	1,900 m	2,500 m	3,000 m	3,300 m	3,300 m	2,650 m	1,950 m	1,250 m	750 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

Elseberg in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Germany

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Katzenbuckel	626 m	251 m	12 km S	23°
Neunkircher Höhe	605 m	332 m	23 km NW	22°
Hardberg (Odenwald)	593 m	178 m	15 km W	23°
Stiefelhöhe	587 m	30 m	16 km W	23°
Markgrafenwald	585 m	–	13 km SE	23°
Hart	581 m	73 m	11 km SE	23°
Salzlackenkopf	578 m	13 m	9.5 km SE	23°
Tromm	577 m	154 m	15 km W	23°