Baden-Wurttemberg · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Gießstein

711 mSnow likely Jan

Elevation711 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation2.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

48.42° N, 9.25° EElevation 711 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Gießstein in brief

Gießstein rises to 711 m, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

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

The nearest town is Unterhausen, 1.5 km to the N at 509 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 Gießstein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	4°	5°	10°	14°	18°	22°	24°	24°	19°	14°	8°	4°
Average low	-3°	-3°	0°	3°	7°	11°	12°	12°	9°	5°	1°	-2°
Precipitation	54 mm	49 mm	62 mm	66 mm	104 mm	96 mm	96 mm	87 mm	66 mm	71 mm	62 mm	71 mm
Cloud cover	51%	50%	49%	46%	45%	42%	37%	37%	43%	49%	55%	56%
Daylight	8h 45	10h 13	11h 50	13h 39	15h 12	16h 05	15h 44	14h 22	12h 38	10h 53	9h 15	8h 21
Month score	34	36	33	54	65	69	71	73	76	51	31	28

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	800 m	900 m	1,500 m	2,050 m	2,650 m	3,200 m	3,500 m	3,500 m	2,850 m	2,150 m	1,350 m	900 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
Burg, Baden-Wurttemberg	976 m	237 m	23 km SW	21°
Raichberg	957 m	–	23 km SW	21°
Zeller Horn	913 m	–	23 km SW	22°
Oberer Berg	904 m	169 m	18 km SW	22°
Köbele	902 m	102 m	12 km SW	22°
Heiligenkopf	893 m	–	25 km SW	22°
Kornbühl	887 m	–	13 km SW	22°
Blasenberg	886 m	–	25 km SW	22°