Lower Saxony · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Lichtenstein

261 mSnow likely Jan

Elevation261 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation9.8 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

51.72° N, 10.18° EElevation 261 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Lichtenstein in brief

Lichtenstein rises to 261 m, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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 Eisdorf am Harz, 4.5 km to the N at 164 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 Lichtenstein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	4°	9°	14°	18°	21°	24°	23°	19°	13°	8°	4°
Average low	-2°	-2°	1°	4°	7°	11°	13°	13°	9°	6°	2°	-1°
Precipitation	93 mm	66 mm	86 mm	61 mm	82 mm	96 mm	90 mm	90 mm	83 mm	74 mm	90 mm	96 mm
Cloud cover	56%	52%	50%	42%	41%	41%	38%	37%	43%	49%	57%	60%
Daylight	8h 18	9h 58	11h 48	13h 51	15h 37	16h 39	16h 14	14h 40	12h 42	10h 44	8h 53	7h 50
Month score	22	31	26	58	73	69	72	72	72	47	22	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

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	350 m	450 m	950 m	1,650 m	2,250 m	2,700 m	3,050 m	3,000 m	2,400 m	1,700 m	1,000 m	500 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
Bruchberg	928 m	145 m	23 km E	18°
Wolfswarte	920 m	–	24 km E	18°
Auf dem Acker	865 m	–	19 km E	19°
Sonnenberg (Harz)	853 m	23 m	24 km E	19°
Steinkopf, Lower Saxony	853 m	–	20 km E	19°
Kleiner Sonnenberg	853 m	–	25 km E	19°
Sonnenkopf	766 m	–	22 km E	20°
Schalke	763 m	200 m	20 km NE	20°