Rhenish Massif · North Rhine-Westphalia · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Kiesberg

282 m

Elevation282 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation9.6 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

51.24° N, 7.12° EElevation 282 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Kiesberg in brief

Kiesberg rises to 282 m in the Rhenish Massif, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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

The nearest town is Wuppertal, 2.3 km to the NE at 150 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 Kiesberg by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	5°	6°	10°	15°	18°	21°	23°	23°	19°	14°	9°	6°
Average low	0°	0°	2°	5°	8°	11°	13°	13°	10°	7°	4°	1°
Precipitation	119 mm	90 mm	106 mm	73 mm	92 mm	107 mm	106 mm	103 mm	100 mm	106 mm	115 mm	122 mm
Cloud cover	56%	51%	50%	43%	43%	42%	39%	38%	44%	48%	55%	58%
Daylight	8h 22	10h 01	11h 49	13h 49	15h 34	16h 33	16h 09	14h 38	12h 42	10h 46	8h 56	7h 55
Month score	14	25	21	56	69	66	67	68	67	42	16	13

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

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	650 m	750 m	1,200 m	1,750 m	2,350 m	2,750 m	3,100 m	3,050 m	2,500 m	1,900 m	1,250 m	800 m
Summit	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	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Brodtberg	379 m	–	9.6 km SE	22°
Winterberg, Schwelm	351 m	–	14 km E	23°
Winterberg, Sprockhövel	315 m	–	12 km NE	23°
Osterberg	280 m	–	2.0 km E	23°
Nützenberg	259 m	–	1.2 km N	23°
Hordtberg	244 m	–	13 km N	23°
Hostreich-Berg	243 m	–	22 km NE	24°
Hardtberg (Wuppertal)	232 m	–	4.0 km NE	24°