Rothaar Mountains · North Rhine-Westphalia · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Simrich

442 mSnow likely Jan

Elevation442 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

50.76° N, 8.07° EElevation 442 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Simrich in brief

Simrich rises to 442 m in the Rothaar Mountains, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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 Burbach, 0.7 km to the SE at 355 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 Simrich by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	4°	9°	14°	18°	21°	23°	22°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low	-2°	-2°	0°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	2°	-1°
Precipitation	105 mm	81 mm	87 mm	59 mm	71 mm	77 mm	82 mm	75 mm	81 mm	86 mm	93 mm	105 mm
Cloud cover	59%	53%	51%	44%	42%	41%	38%	37%	45%	51%	61%	63%
Daylight	8h 27	10h 03	11h 49	13h 48	15h 30	16h 28	16h 04	14h 35	12h 41	10h 47	8h 59	7h 59
Month score	17	26	25	56	74	74	74	76	71	40	20	15

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	500 m	600 m	1,100 m	1,750 m	2,350 m	2,800 m	3,150 m	3,050 m	2,500 m	1,800 m	1,150 m	650 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
Jagd-Berg, Hesse	676 m	–	20 km NE	21°
Oberste Henn	676 m	–	23 km NE	20°
Pfaffenhain	659 m	–	25 km N	21°
Fuchskaute	657 m	222 m	11 km S	21°
Stegskopf	654 m	–	6.9 km SW	21°
Salzburger Kopf	654 m	–	9.5 km S	21°
Eder-Kopf	650 m	–	23 km NE	21°
Höllberg	643 m	–	13 km SE	21°