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LackenbergKunisch Mountains · Bavaria · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate
Osser
1,293 mGermany / Czechia borderSnow likely Jan–Mar · Dec
Elevation1,293 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation5.5 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul18°average high
49.20° N, 13.10° EElevation 1,293 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,293 m
- Mid-mountain980 m
- Valley · Lohberg662 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Osser in brief
Osser rises to 1,293 m in the Kunisch Mountains, Bavaria, Germany.
At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 18°, while nights fall below freezing in 5 months of the year. Daytime highs climb above zero from March to December.
The summit lies on the border between Germany and Czechia, so it appears in the mountain lists of both countries.
The nearest town is Lohberg, 2.9 km to the S at 662 m.
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 Osser by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 0° | 0° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 13° | 9° | 4° | 1° |
| Average low | -5° | -5° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 3° | -1° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 110 mm | 89 mm | 104 mm | 77 mm | 115 mm | 132 mm | 157 mm | 146 mm | 104 mm | 103 mm | 99 mm | 121 mm |
| Cloud cover | 61% | 57% | 57% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 42% | 41% | 47% | 51% | 64% | 65% |
| Daylight | 8h 39 | 10h 09 | 11h 50 | 13h 42 | 15h 18 | 16h 12 | 15h 50 | 14h 27 | 12h 39 | 10h 51 | 9h 10 | 8h 14 |
| Month score | 15 | 22 | 18 | 30 | 33 | 50 | 60 | 61 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 10 |
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 850 m | 850 m | 1,300 m | 1,950 m | 2,650 m | 3,150 m | 3,450 m | 3,450 m | 2,800 m | 2,200 m | 1,550 m | 1,050 m |
| Summit | ❄ snow | ❄ 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 | ❄ snow |
ivTerrain
Osser in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of GermanyPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Großer Arber | 1,456 m | 1,027 m | 10 km S | 16° |
| Gipfel des Großen Arber mit Richard-Wagner-Kopf | 1,446 m | – | 10 km S | 17° |
| Kleiner Arber | 1,384 m | 110 m | 9.9 km S | 17° |
| Jezerní hora | 1,344 m | 313 m | 7.0 km SE | 17° |
| Mittagsplatzl | 1,340 m | – | 12 km S | 18° |
| Lackenberg | 1,338 m | 263 m | 19 km SE | 17° |
| Zwercheck | 1,334 m | – | 5.5 km SE | 17° |
| Großer Falkenstein | 1,315 m | – | 18 km SE | 17° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Around here
Lohberg and around
Nature
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Großer Arber
1,456 m · Bohemian Forest
Heritage
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Hojsova Stráž)
cultural monument of the Czech Republic · 1820
Jewish cemetery in Nýrsko
cultural monument of the Czech Republic · 1500
Museums
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
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