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

Stein

644 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation644 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation6.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul22°average high

50.97° N, 8.45° EElevation 644 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Stein in brief

Stein rises to 644 m in the Rothaar Mountains, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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 Bad Laasphe, 4.3 km to the SW at 324 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 Stein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	2°	3°	7°	12°	16°	19°	22°	21°	17°	12°	6°	3°
Average low	-3°	-3°	0°	3°	6°	9°	12°	11°	8°	5°	1°	-2°
Precipitation	119 mm	85 mm	98 mm	65 mm	83 mm	85 mm	85 mm	80 mm	88 mm	95 mm	104 mm	120 mm
Cloud cover	66%	58%	54%	46%	44%	43%	39%	39%	48%	57%	69%	70%
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	21	46	63	71	73	74	63	29	13	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	700 m	1,150 m	1,800 m	2,400 m	2,850 m	3,200 m	3,150 m	2,550 m	1,900 m	1,200 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
Kahler Asten	842 m	196 m	24 km N	19°
Ziegenhelle	816 m	–	19 km N	20°
Wallershöhe	812 m	–	18 km N	19°
Kappe	776 m	–	24 km N	20°
Albrechts-Berg	771 m	–	19 km N	19°
Bollerberg	758 m	110 m	24 km NE	20°
Härdler	756 m	120 m	22 km NW	20°
Bären-Berg	744 m	–	23 km N	20°