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Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Hohenstein-Ernstthal, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 25°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of -4°C. A normal year brings 667 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Hohenstein-Ernstthal through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-2002040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
19°C
Normal low
8°C
Reanalysis high
27°Cin 2006
Reanalysis low
2°Cin 2002
Chance of a wet day
30%
Daylight
12 h 05 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January2°C-4°C13°C (1991)-21°C (2010)53 mm12.4
February4°C-3°C15°C (2019)-18°C (2012)40 mm11.3
March9°C0°C22°C (2017)-14°C (2013)50 mm12.4
April14°C3°C28°C (2012)-6°C (1997)39 mm9.0
May18°C8°C30°C (2005)-2°C (2020)59 mm12.4
June22°C11°C37°C (2019)3°C (1997)66 mm12.0
July24°C14°C36°C (2018)7°C (1996)84 mm15.5
August25°C14°C37°C (2003)6°C (2016)65 mm12.4
September20°C9°C31°C (2016)2°C (2002)57 mm9.0
October14°C5°C26°C (2018)-5°C (2003)47 mm9.3
November8°C1°C20°C (2020)-13°C (2010)54 mm12.0
December3°C-2°C13°C (2000)-22°C (1996)53 mm12.4
Year14°C5°C667 mm140

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

667 mm in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Hohenstein-Ernstthal, in percent.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Hohenstein-Ernstthal.

The muggiest month is June, when 1 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-2°C91%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February-2°C88%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March1°C82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April4°C76%99%1%0%0%0%0%
May8°C74%89%9%2%0%0%0%
June11°C72%68%23%7%1%0%0%
July13°C70%49%34%15%1%0%0%
August12°C68%56%32%12%1%0%0%
September9°C74%88%11%1%0%0%0%
October6°C82%99%1%0%0%0%0%
November2°C90%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December-1°C92%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is April, with the sky 65 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 74 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 20.2 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 16 h 31 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 7 h 56 min.

Hours of daylight at Hohenstein-Ernstthal through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.