Harz · Thuringia · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Falkenstein, Thuringia

557 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation557 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation0.9 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul22°average high

51.58° N, 10.82° EElevation 557 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Falkenstein, Thuringia in brief

Falkenstein, Thuringia rises to 557 m in the Harz, Thuringia, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 22°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Ilfeld, 2.4 km to the W at 250 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 Falkenstein, Thuringia by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	2°	3°	6°	12°	16°	19°	22°	21°	17°	12°	6°	3°
Average low	-3°	-4°	-2°	2°	5°	9°	11°	10°	7°	4°	1°	-2°
Precipitation	80 mm	58 mm	74 mm	50 mm	68 mm	72 mm	73 mm	69 mm	65 mm	59 mm	74 mm	81 mm
Cloud cover	64%	58%	54%	44%	42%	41%	39%	38%	45%	53%	65%	69%
Daylight	8h 19	9h 59	11h 48	13h 51	15h 36	16h 37	16h 12	14h 40	12h 42	10h 45	8h 54	7h 51
Month score	22	30	28	49	66	76	76	78	70	41	23	19

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	450 m	450 m	900 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	❄ 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
Wurmberg	971 m	182 m	24 km NW	18°
Großer Winterberg (Harz)	906 m	–	24 km NW	19°
Leistenklippe	901 m	–	24 km N	19°
Erdbeerkopf	857 m	–	23 km NW	19°
Hohnekopf	840 m	–	22 km N	20°
Kleiner Winterberg (Harz)	837 m	–	23 km NW	19°
Stöberhai	720 m	–	20 km NW	20°
Jagdkopf	714 m	–	21 km NW	21°