Harz · Lower Saxony · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Papenberg

309 mSnow likely Jan–Feb

Elevation309 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.4 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

51.65° N, 10.36° EElevation 309 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Papenberg in brief

Papenberg rises to 309 m in the Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.

The nearest town is Herzberg am Harz, 1.6 km to the NW at 240 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 Papenberg by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	4°	8°	14°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low	-2°	-2°	0°	4°	7°	10°	13°	12°	9°	6°	2°	-1°
Precipitation	118 mm	82 mm	106 mm	72 mm	89 mm	110 mm	100 mm	100 mm	97 mm	89 mm	112 mm	120 mm
Cloud cover	59%	54%	51%	42%	41%	41%	39%	38%	44%	50%	60%	63%
Daylight	8h 19	9h 59	11h 48	13h 51	15h 37	16h 38	16h 13	14h 40	12h 42	10h 45	8h 53	7h 51
Month score	13	25	20	53	70	65	69	69	67	39	15	11

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

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	2,750 m	3,050 m	3,050 m	2,400 m	1,700 m	1,000 m	500 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	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Brocken	1,141 m	856 m	24 km NE	16°
Heinrichshöhe	1,045 m	12 m	24 km NE	17°
Königsberg (Brocken)	1,034 m	39 m	23 km NE	17°
Kleiner Brocken, Lower Saxony	1,018 m	–	25 km NE	17°
Wurmberg	971 m	182 m	22 km NE	18°
Bruchberg	928 m	145 m	18 km NE	18°
Achtermannshöhe	925 m	104 m	19 km NE	18°
Wolfswarte	920 m	–	19 km NE	18°