Fichtel Mountains · Bavaria · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Wappenstein

672 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation672 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.0 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

49.98° N, 12.14° EElevation 672 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Wappenstein in brief

Wappenstein rises to 672 m in the Fichtel Mountains, Bavaria, 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 Pechbrunn, 2.5 km to the SE at 591 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 Wappenstein by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	1°	3°	7°	13°	17°	21°	23°	23°	17°	12°	5°	2°
Average low	-4°	-4°	-1°	2°	6°	10°	11°	11°	8°	4°	0°	-3°
Precipitation	70 mm	54 mm	63 mm	48 mm	72 mm	75 mm	89 mm	79 mm	65 mm	66 mm	68 mm	77 mm
Cloud cover	62%	56%	53%	44%	42%	41%	39%	37%	44%	52%	65%	66%
Daylight	8h 33	10h 06	11h 49	13h 45	15h 24	16h 20	15h 57	14h 31	12h 40	10h 49	9h 05	8h 07
Month score	25	32	31	54	70	75	72	75	73	39	25	22

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	450 m	550 m	1,150 m	1,850 m	2,450 m	3,000 m	3,300 m	3,250 m	2,600 m	1,850 m	1,100 m	600 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
Schneeberg (Fichtel Mountains)	1,051 m	484 m	22 km W	19°
Ochsenkopf (Fichtel Mountains)	1,024 m	253 m	24 km W	20°
Platte (Steinwald)	946 m	350 m	10 km SW	20°
Kösseine	939 m	270 m	12 km W	21°
Haberstein	924 m	–	22 km W	20°
Platte (Schneeberg)	885 m	–	18 km W	21°
Burgstein, Bavaria	879 m	–	11 km W	21°
Rudolfstein	866 m	–	21 km NW	21°