Ore Mountains · Saxony · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Schreckenberg

649 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation649 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation3.1 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul22°average high

50.59° N, 12.99° EElevation 649 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Schreckenberg in brief

Schreckenberg rises to 649 m in the Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 22°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town is Annaberg-Buchholz, 1.3 km to the SE at 627 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 Schreckenberg by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	1°	2°	6°	12°	17°	20°	22°	22°	17°	11°	6°	2°
Average low	-4°	-4°	-1°	2°	6°	10°	12°	11°	8°	4°	0°	-3°
Precipitation	67 mm	60 mm	72 mm	60 mm	77 mm	87 mm	106 mm	102 mm	74 mm	60 mm	78 mm	78 mm
Cloud cover	56%	54%	51%	44%	43%	43%	39%	38%	45%	49%	60%	59%
Daylight	8h 28	10h 03	11h 49	13h 47	15h 28	16h 26	16h 03	14h 34	12h 41	10h 48	9h 01	8h 01
Month score	29	32	29	47	66	71	67	69	68	41	24	24

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	400 m	550 m	1,050 m	1,750 m	2,400 m	2,950 m	3,250 m	3,200 m	2,550 m	1,850 m	1,100 m	550 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
Klínovec	1,244 m	748 m	21 km S	17°
Fichtelberg	1,215 m	135 m	18 km S	17°
Kleiner Fichtelberg	1,206 m	–	18 km S	17°
Božídarský Špičák	1,116 m	108 m	22 km S	18°
Macecha	1,114 m	–	21 km S	18°
Meluzína	1,094 m	–	22 km S	18°
Křížová hora	1,030 m	–	22 km S	18°
Eisenberg (Ore Mountains)	1,028 m	–	16 km S	19°