Rothaar Mountains · Hesse · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Sackpfeife

673 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation673 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation18 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

50.96° N, 8.54° EElevation 673 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Sackpfeife in brief

Sackpfeife rises to 673 m in the Rothaar Mountains, Hesse, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town is Hatzfeld, 4.3 km to the N at 348 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 Sackpfeife by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	2°	3°	7°	11°	16°	19°	21°	21°	16°	11°	6°	3°
Average low	-3°	-3°	-1°	2°	5°	9°	11°	10°	7°	4°	1°	-2°
Precipitation	118 mm	84 mm	98 mm	67 mm	88 mm	89 mm	88 mm	84 mm	89 mm	96 mm	105 mm	120 mm
Cloud cover	68%	59%	56%	47%	45%	44%	40%	39%	49%	58%	70%	72%
Daylight	8h 25	10h 02	11h 49	13h 48	15h 31	16h 30	16h 06	14h 36	12h 41	10h 46	8h 58	7h 57
Month score	10	23	20	40	56	70	72	73	59	26	12	8

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 · Dec

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	600 m	650 m	1,100 m	1,700 m	2,300 m	2,750 m	3,100 m	3,050 m	2,500 m	1,850 m	1,150 m	750 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	❄ snow

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Ziegenhelle	816 m	–	19 km N	20°
Wallershöhe	812 m	–	18 km N	19°
Albrechts-Berg	771 m	–	22 km NW	19°
Bollerberg	758 m	110 m	23 km N	20°
Hohe Seite	753 m	–	25 km N	21°
Bären-Berg	744 m	–	24 km N	20°
Großer Kopf	740 m	–	20 km NW	20°
Heidekopf, North Rhine-Westphalia	704 m	–	18 km N	21°