Swabian Jura · Baden-Wurttemberg · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Weichenwang

988 mSnow likely Jan–Feb · Dec

Elevation988 mabove sea level

Prominence116 mindependent height

Isolation8.8 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

48.19° N, 8.94° EElevation 988 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit988 m
Mid-mountain490 m
Valley0 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Weichenwang in brief

Weichenwang rises to 988 m in the Swabian Jura, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 116 m.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights fall below freezing in 5 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Meßstetten, 1.6 km to the E at 925 m.

Facts

Elevation: 988 m · 3,241 ft
Prominence: 116 m
Range: Swabian Jura
Region: Baden-Wurttemberg
Country: Germany
Coordinates: 48.1854, 8.9447
Nearest airport: Stuttgart Airport (STR) · 60 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Weichenwang by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Weichenwang by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	2°	3°	7°	11°	15°	19°	21°	21°	17°	12°	6°	3°
Average low	-4°	-5°	-2°	1°	5°	8°	10°	10°	7°	4°	-1°	-3°
Precipitation	62 mm	57 mm	69 mm	71 mm	114 mm	105 mm	106 mm	89 mm	72 mm	81 mm	67 mm	80 mm
Cloud cover	51%	49%	49%	46%	45%	41%	36%	36%	42%	48%	54%	56%
Daylight	8h 47	10h 13	11h 50	13h 39	15h 11	16h 03	15h 42	14h 21	12h 38	10h 54	9h 16	8h 23
Month score	32	34	31	38	48	67	68	73	67	38	30	25

Snow and freezing level

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	800 m	900 m	1,400 m	1,950 m	2,550 m	3,100 m	3,400 m	3,400 m	2,750 m	2,150 m	1,400 m	950 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

Weichenwang in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Germany

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Lemberg (Swabian Jura)	1,016 m	325 m	15 km W	21°
Wandbühl	1,007 m	188 m	11 km W	21°
P.1003	1,003 m	160 m	14 km SW	21°
Plettenberg	1,002 m	201 m	11 km W	22°
Schafberg (Swabian Jura)	1,000 m	–	8.8 km W	21°
Schafberg Northern Summit	999 m	–	8.8 km NW	21°
Ortenberg (mountain)	996 m	–	11 km W	21°
Dreifaltigkeitsberg	988 m	–	18 km SW	22°