Bad Blankenburg Weather Records (GME00129710)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bad Blankenburg (GME00129710), Germany, with 137 years of record.

Key Facts for Bad Blankenburg

Bad Blankenburg (GME00129710) is a weather station in Germany at 50.67 latitude and 11.28 longitude, 254 m (833 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1882 to 2018, 137 years of record.
1,464 records set at Bad Blankenburg still stand.
Records are tracked for snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bad Blankenburg set a daily record snow depth of 3.0 cm (1.2 in) on 14 October 2015.

About the Station

Location: Germany, 50.67 latitude, 11.28 longitude.
Elevation: 254 m (833 ft).
Period of record: 1882 to 2018, 137 years.
Eligible elements: snwd.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Bad Blankenburg. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Bad Blankenburg, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	13.2 C (55.8 F)	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	18.1 C (64.6 F)	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	25.1 C (77.2 F)	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	30.7 C (87.3 F)	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	n/a	n/a
May	32.5 C (90.5 F)	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	33.4 C (92.1 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	39.3 C (102.7 F)	3.0 C (37.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	35.8 C (96.4 F)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	33.3 C (91.9 F)	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	27.5 C (81.5 F)	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	20.6 C (69.1 F)	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	20.3 C (68.5 F)	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Bad Blankenburg still stand. 1956 holds the most, with 90.

Standing records at Bad Blankenburg by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1951	53
1952	61
1953	74
1954	61
1955	55
1956	90
1957	73
1958	42
1959	39
1960	49
1961	86
1962	67
1963	67
1964	76
1965	49
1966	49
1967	51
1968	49
1969	55
1970	32
1971	82
1972	54
1973	50
1974	62
1975	38

All-Time Record Progression

8 new records

8 all-time records were set at Bad Blankenburg between 16 February 1940 and 27 December 2010. Each dot is a new record.

When Bad Blankenburg set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1940-02-16	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 27.0 cm (10.6 in)
1941-01-02	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 28.0 cm (11.0 in)
1941-01-03	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 32.0 cm (12.6 in)
1941-01-04	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 34.0 cm (13.4 in)
1941-01-08	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 35.0 cm (13.8 in)
1941-01-09	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 38.0 cm (15.0 in)
1942-02-16	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 42.0 cm (16.5 in)
2010-12-27	Record snow depth	Record snow depth 43.0 cm (16.9 in)

Period of Record Coverage

1951 to 1975

25 years of record at Bad Blankenburg, 1951 to 1975. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1959.

Days with data per year at Bad Blankenburg
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1951	365	100%	Yes
1952	366	100%	Yes
1953	365	100%	Yes
1954	365	100%	Yes
1955	365	100%	Yes
1956	366	100%	Yes
1957	365	100%	Yes
1958	365	100%	Yes
1959	265	73%	No
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	365	100%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	351	96%	Yes
1966	334	92%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	366	100%	Yes
1969	344	94%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	365	100%	Yes
1972	366	100%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	365	100%	Yes
1975	365	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at Bad Blankenburg
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 2015	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	132 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 2013	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	123 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 2013	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 2013	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	123 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2013	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth (Tie)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	tie	123 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 2012	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth (Tie)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	tie	52 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 2012	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 2012	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	129 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 2012	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	73 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	all-time snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	monthly snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	monthly snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	122 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 2010	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 2001	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth (Tie)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	tie	50 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1997	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

21 complete years, 1951 to 1975

One stripe for each of 21 complete years at Bad Blankenburg, 1951 to 1975. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 8.6 C (47.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1963, at 7.1 C (44.8 F), and the warmest was 1953, at 9.9 C (49.9 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.6 C (2.9 F).

Annual mean temperature at Bad Blankenburg as warming stripes, 1951 to 1975
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1951	9.5 C	+0.83 C
1952	8.8 C	+0.17 C
1953	9.9 C	+1.31 C
1954	8.6 C	-0.03 C
1955	8.0 C	-0.65 C
1956	7.3 C	-1.35 C
1957	9.1 C	+0.51 C
1958	8.8 C	+0.17 C
1960	8.5 C	-0.09 C
1961	9.4 C	+0.73 C
1962	7.5 C	-1.18 C
1963	7.1 C	-1.51 C
1964	8.2 C	-0.42 C
1967	9.3 C	+0.70 C
1968	8.3 C	-0.29 C
1970	8.4 C	-0.24 C
1971	8.8 C	+0.19 C
1972	8.3 C	-0.34 C
1973	8.7 C	+0.11 C
1974	9.4 C	+0.76 C
1975	9.3 C	+0.71 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1882 to 2018

Yearly extremes at Bad Blankenburg: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	39.3 C (102.7 F)	1957	33.2 C (91.8 F)	25
Coldest night (TNn)	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	1969	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	25

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Bad Blankenburg, 1882 to 2018. The record is 39.3 C (102.7 F) in 1957, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.2 C (91.8 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Bad Blankenburg by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1882	n/a
1883	n/a
1884	n/a
1885	n/a
1886	n/a
1887	n/a
1888	n/a
1889	n/a
1890	n/a
1891	n/a
1892	n/a
1893	n/a
1894	n/a
1895	n/a
1896	n/a
1897	n/a
1898	n/a
1899	n/a
1900	n/a
1901	n/a
1902	n/a
1903	n/a
1904	n/a
1905	n/a
1906	n/a
1907	n/a
1908	n/a
1909	n/a
1910	n/a
1911	n/a
1912	n/a
1913	n/a
1914	n/a
1915	n/a
1916	n/a
1917	n/a
1918	n/a
1919	n/a
1920	n/a
1921	n/a
1922	n/a
1923	n/a
1924	n/a
1925	n/a
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	n/a
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1951	35.2 C (95.4 F)
1952	37.9 C (100.2 F)
1953	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1954	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1955	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1956	30.8 C (87.4 F)
1957	39.3 C (102.7 F)
1958	31.2 C (88.2 F)
1959	35.8 C (96.4 F)
1960	31.3 C (88.3 F)
1961	32.3 C (90.1 F)
1962	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1963	33.2 C (91.8 F)
1964	34.8 C (94.6 F)
1965	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1966	34.5 C (94.1 F)
1967	32.4 C (90.3 F)
1968	31.0 C (87.8 F)
1969	33.7 C (92.7 F)
1970	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1971	35.5 C (95.9 F)
1972	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1973	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1974	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1975	32.5 C (90.5 F)
1976	n/a
1977	n/a
1981	n/a
1982	n/a
1983	n/a
1984	n/a
1985	n/a
1986	n/a
1987	n/a
1988	n/a
1989	n/a
1990	n/a
1991	n/a
1992	n/a
1993	n/a
1994	n/a
1995	n/a
1996	n/a
1997	n/a
1998	n/a
1999	n/a
2000	n/a
2001	n/a
2002	n/a
2003	n/a
2004	n/a
2005	n/a
2006	n/a
2007	n/a
2009	n/a
2010	n/a
2011	n/a
2012	n/a
2013	n/a
2014	n/a
2015	n/a
2016	n/a
2017	n/a
2018	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Bad Blankenburg, 1882 to 2018. The record is -24.9 C (-12.8 F) in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is -17.6 C (0.3 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Bad Blankenburg by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1882	n/a
1883	n/a
1884	n/a
1885	n/a
1886	n/a
1887	n/a
1888	n/a
1889	n/a
1890	n/a
1891	n/a
1892	n/a
1893	n/a
1894	n/a
1895	n/a
1896	n/a
1897	n/a
1898	n/a
1899	n/a
1900	n/a
1901	n/a
1902	n/a
1903	n/a
1904	n/a
1905	n/a
1906	n/a
1907	n/a
1908	n/a
1909	n/a
1910	n/a
1911	n/a
1912	n/a
1913	n/a
1914	n/a
1915	n/a
1916	n/a
1917	n/a
1918	n/a
1919	n/a
1920	n/a
1921	n/a
1922	n/a
1923	n/a
1924	n/a
1925	n/a
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	n/a
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1951	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)
1952	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1953	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)
1954	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)
1955	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)
1956	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)
1957	-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1958	-14.0 C (6.8 F)
1959	-14.3 C (6.3 F)
1960	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)
1961	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)
1962	-17.6 C (0.3 F)
1963	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)
1964	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1965	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)
1966	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)
1967	-15.5 C (4.1 F)
1968	-15.2 C (4.6 F)
1969	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)
1970	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1971	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1972	-15.8 C (3.6 F)
1973	-15.3 C (4.5 F)
1974	-7.3 C (18.9 F)
1975	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1976	n/a
1977	n/a
1981	n/a
1982	n/a
1983	n/a
1984	n/a
1985	n/a
1986	n/a
1987	n/a
1988	n/a
1989	n/a
1990	n/a
1991	n/a
1992	n/a
1993	n/a
1994	n/a
1995	n/a
1996	n/a
1997	n/a
1998	n/a
1999	n/a
2000	n/a
2001	n/a
2002	n/a
2003	n/a
2004	n/a
2005	n/a
2006	n/a
2007	n/a
2009	n/a
2010	n/a
2011	n/a
2012	n/a
2013	n/a
2014	n/a
2015	n/a
2016	n/a
2017	n/a
2018	n/a

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

21 years with a frost

Across 21 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Bad Blankenburg falls on 11 May and the median first autumn frost on 6 October, which leaves a median of 148 days between them.

Frost dates and growing season at Bad Blankenburg
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1951 to 1975)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	11 May	n/a	11 May	n/a	n/a
First autumn frost	6 October	n/a	6 October	n/a	n/a
Growing days	148 days	n/a	148 days	n/a	n/a

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

Download the Data

Data for Bad Blankenburg standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Bad Blankenburg threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).