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Rheinland-Pfalz · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate
Windhahn
517 mSnow likely Jan–Feb
Elevation517 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation5.3 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul22°average high
50.80° N, 7.93° EElevation 517 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit517 m
- Mid-mountain260 m
- Valley0 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Windhahn in brief
Windhahn rises to 517 m, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 22°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.
The nearest town is Brachbach, 2.1 km to the N at 224 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 517 m · 1,696 ft
- Region
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- Country
- Germany
- Coordinates
- 50.7981, 7.9343
- Nearest airport
- Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) · 56 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 Windhahn by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 113 mm | 87 mm | 94 mm | 62 mm | 74 mm | 82 mm | 86 mm | 81 mm | 86 mm | 91 mm | 100 mm | 112 mm |
| Cloud cover | 60% | 54% | 52% | 44% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 38% | 46% | 51% | 62% | 64% |
| Daylight | 8h 26 | 10h 03 | 11h 49 | 13h 48 | 15h 30 | 16h 29 | 16h 05 | 14h 35 | 12h 41 | 10h 47 | 8h 59 | 7h 59 |
| Month score | 14 | 24 | 23 | 52 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 67 | 37 | 17 | 13 |
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 600 m | 650 m | 1,150 m | 1,750 m | 2,300 m | 2,800 m | 3,100 m | 3,050 m | 2,500 m | 1,850 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 | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Windhahn in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of GermanyPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuchskaute | 657 m | 222 m | 19 km SE | 21° |
| Stegskopf | 654 m | – | 12 km SE | 21° |
| Salzburger Kopf | 654 m | – | 16 km SE | 21° |
| Höllberg | 643 m | – | 23 km SE | 21° |
| Grauhain | 638 m | – | 25 km NE | 21° |
| Stiegelburg | 638 m | – | 24 km NE | 21° |
| Alte Burg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 633 m | – | 22 km NE | 22° |
| Lahn-Kopf | 625 m | – | 24 km NE | 21° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mudersbach
Rheinland-Pfalz · 3.1 km N
13°Oct high
13wet days
35score
Around here
Brachbach and around
Nature
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Hohe Hessel
744 m · Rothaar Mountains
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Himberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
689 m · Saalhausen Hills
Heritage
Protestant Church Wilnsdorf
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
Museums
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Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen
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