Harz · Saxony-Anhalt · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Stapenberg

443 mSnow likely Jan–Feb

Elevation443 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation3.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

51.83° N, 10.85° EElevation 443 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Stapenberg in brief

Stapenberg rises to 443 m in the Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town is Benzingerode, 1.3 km to the NE at 245 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 Stapenberg by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	3°	4°	8°	13°	17°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low	-2°	-3°	0°	3°	6°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	2°	-1°
Precipitation	67 mm	51 mm	68 mm	48 mm	63 mm	69 mm	66 mm	65 mm	60 mm	53 mm	64 mm	72 mm
Cloud cover	55%	53%	50%	42%	40%	40%	37%	36%	42%	48%	56%	59%
Daylight	8h 17	9h 58	11h 48	13h 52	15h 38	16h 40	16h 15	14h 41	12h 42	10h 44	8h 52	7h 49
Month score	29	34	31	57	75	77	79	80	78	51	30	26

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	500 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,650 m	2,250 m	2,800 m	3,150 m	3,100 m	2,500 m	1,800 m	1,100 m	650 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	16 km W	16°
Heinrichshöhe	1,045 m	12 m	16 km W	17°
Königsberg (Brocken)	1,034 m	39 m	18 km W	17°
Kleiner Brocken, Lower Saxony	1,018 m	–	17 km W	17°
Wurmberg	971 m	182 m	18 km SW	18°
Renneckenberg	933 m	–	14 km W	18°
Bruchberg	928 m	145 m	24 km W	18°
Achtermannshöhe	925 m	104 m	20 km W	18°