Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Witzenhausen. 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 Witzenhausen, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
14.8 C (58.6 F)
-23.8 C (-10.8 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
18.5 C (65.3 F)
-25.5 C (-13.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
24.8 C (76.6 F)
-23.4 C (-10.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-6.0 C (21.2 F)
n/a
n/a
May
30.8 C (87.4 F)
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
33.2 C (91.8 F)
-0.5 C (31.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
36.6 C (97.9 F)
2.1 C (35.8 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
36.8 C (98.2 F)
3.3 C (37.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
32.5 C (90.5 F)
-0.9 C (30.4 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
26.8 C (80.2 F)
-7.0 C (19.4 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
19.6 C (67.3 F)
-19.5 C (-3.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
16.1 C (61.0 F)
-21.6 C (-6.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Witzenhausen still stand. 1961 holds the most, with 49.
Standing records at Witzenhausen by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1948
32
1949
37
1950
31
1951
19
1952
27
1953
36
1954
29
1955
20
1956
48
1957
31
1958
27
1959
30
1960
23
1961
49
1962
36
1963
37
1964
35
1965
20
1966
27
1967
24
1968
30
1969
37
1970
13
1971
24
1972
17
1973
23
1974
27
1975
13
1976
21
1977
25
1978
23
1979
30
1980
33
1981
28
1982
18
1983
22
1984
18
1985
37
1986
25
1987
42
1988
11
1989
38
1990
38
1991
29
1992
17
1993
32
1994
35
1995
30
1996
29
1997
32
1998
40
1999
9
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Witzenhausen between 3 June 1981 and 9 August 1992. Each dot is a new record.
When Witzenhausen set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1981-06-03
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1992-08-09
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 36.8 C (98.2 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jun: 86.1 mm (3.4 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Witzenhausen. The most was 86.1 mm (3.4 in) on 3 June 1981.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Witzenhausen
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1 January 1987
Feb
32.7 mm (1.3 in)
12 February 1962
Mar
27.5 mm (1.1 in)
15 March 1994
Apr
61.4 mm (2.4 in)
15 April 1961
May
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
23 May 1983
Jun
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
3 June 1981
Jul
73.6 mm (2.9 in)
16 July 1965
Aug
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
20 August 1966
Sep
53.9 mm (2.1 in)
15 September 1986
Oct
37.2 mm (1.5 in)
23 October 1966
Nov
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
22 November 1984
Dec
33.4 mm (1.3 in)
19 December 1988
Period of Record Coverage
1948 to 1999
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
52 years of record at Witzenhausen, 1948 to 1999. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1999.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 49 complete years at Witzenhausen, 1949 to 1998. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 8.9 C (47.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1963, at 7.2 C (44.9 F), and the warmest was 1994, at 10.0 C (50.0 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.7 C (3.1 F).
Annual mean temperature at Witzenhausen as warming stripes, 1949 to 1998
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1949
9.7 C
+0.88 C
1950
9.2 C
+0.34 C
1951
9.3 C
+0.42 C
1952
8.5 C
-0.35 C
1953
9.6 C
+0.71 C
1954
8.4 C
-0.44 C
1955
8.0 C
-0.90 C
1956
7.3 C
-1.52 C
1957
9.2 C
+0.32 C
1958
8.9 C
+0.06 C
1959
9.5 C
+0.66 C
1960
9.0 C
+0.12 C
1961
9.5 C
+0.66 C
1962
7.4 C
-1.43 C
1963
7.2 C
-1.68 C
1964
8.4 C
-0.50 C
1965
8.1 C
-0.79 C
1966
9.2 C
+0.30 C
1967
9.6 C
+0.69 C
1968
8.6 C
-0.24 C
1969
8.4 C
-0.50 C
1970
8.4 C
-0.43 C
1971
9.0 C
+0.12 C
1972
8.3 C
-0.53 C
1973
8.8 C
-0.08 C
1974
9.5 C
+0.66 C
1975
9.7 C
+0.84 C
1976
8.9 C
+0.07 C
1977
9.3 C
+0.42 C
1978
8.4 C
-0.48 C
1979
8.2 C
-0.65 C
1980
8.3 C
-0.57 C
1981
8.7 C
-0.20 C
1982
9.5 C
+0.64 C
1983
9.4 C
+0.58 C
1984
8.6 C
-0.23 C
1985
7.8 C
-1.10 C
1986
8.3 C
-0.53 C
1987
7.7 C
-1.13 C
1988
9.5 C
+0.67 C
1989
9.7 C
+0.79 C
1990
9.8 C
+0.90 C
1991
8.5 C
-0.40 C
1992
9.7 C
+0.80 C
1993
8.9 C
-0.01 C
1994
10.0 C
+1.12 C
1995
9.4 C
+0.56 C
1997
9.4 C
+0.57 C
1998
9.5 C
+0.67 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1949 to 1998 is 0.10 C (-0.04 to 0.24) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 49 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Witzenhausen
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.10 C (-0.04 to 0.24) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade
1949 to 1998
49
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.13 C (-0.04 to 0.30) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade
1949 to 1998
49
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade
0.1 F (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade
1949 to 1998
49
Not clearly different from zero
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
1948 to 1999
Yearly extremes at Witzenhausen: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
36.8 C (98.2 F)
1992
32.4 C (90.3 F)
52
Coldest night (TNn)
-25.5 C (-13.9 F)
1956
-15.8 C (3.5 F)
52
Wettest day (Rx1day)
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1981
34.4 mm (1.4 in)
52
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
130.2 mm (5.1 in)
1981
59.6 mm (2.3 in)
52
Longest dry spell (CDD)
42 days
1996
21 days
52
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Witzenhausen, 1948 to 1999. The record is 36.8 C (98.2 F) in 1992, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.4 C (90.3 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Witzenhausen by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1948
33.0 C (91.4 F)
1949
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1950
32.7 C (90.9 F)
1951
32.3 C (90.1 F)
1952
36.6 C (97.9 F)
1953
32.1 C (89.8 F)
1954
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1955
30.1 C (86.2 F)
1956
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1957
35.5 C (95.9 F)
1958
30.2 C (86.4 F)
1959
35.3 C (95.5 F)
1960
29.7 C (85.5 F)
1961
32.5 C (90.5 F)
1962
29.2 C (84.6 F)
1963
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1964
34.3 C (93.7 F)
1965
28.6 C (83.5 F)
1966
33.6 C (92.5 F)
1967
31.8 C (89.2 F)
1968
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1969
33.4 C (92.1 F)
1970
30.5 C (86.9 F)
1971
33.5 C (92.3 F)
1972
31.6 C (88.9 F)
1973
32.6 C (90.7 F)
1974
34.2 C (93.6 F)
1975
31.5 C (88.7 F)
1976
34.5 C (94.1 F)
1977
28.5 C (83.3 F)
1978
30.2 C (86.4 F)
1979
29.9 C (85.8 F)
1980
29.0 C (84.2 F)
1981
30.4 C (86.7 F)
1982
32.0 C (89.6 F)
1983
33.0 C (91.4 F)
1984
34.0 C (93.2 F)
1985
31.5 C (88.7 F)
1986
32.9 C (91.2 F)
1987
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1988
31.0 C (87.8 F)
1989
34.5 C (94.1 F)
1990
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1991
33.7 C (92.7 F)
1992
36.8 C (98.2 F)
1993
29.5 C (85.1 F)
1994
36.0 C (96.8 F)
1995
34.0 C (93.2 F)
1996
29.2 C (84.6 F)
1997
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1998
36.2 C (97.2 F)
1999
29.6 C (85.3 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Witzenhausen, 1948 to 1999. The record is -25.5 C (-13.9 F) in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is -15.8 C (3.5 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Witzenhausen by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1948
-13.6 C (7.5 F)
1949
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1950
-21.6 C (-6.9 F)
1951
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1952
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1953
-22.0 C (-7.6 F)
1954
-16.9 C (1.6 F)
1955
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1956
-25.5 C (-13.9 F)
1957
-16.4 C (2.5 F)
1958
-13.8 C (7.2 F)
1959
-13.8 C (7.2 F)
1960
-23.2 C (-9.8 F)
1961
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1962
-19.7 C (-3.5 F)
1963
-23.5 C (-10.3 F)
1964
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1965
-19.5 C (-3.1 F)
1966
-19.3 C (-2.7 F)
1967
-13.5 C (7.7 F)
1968
-21.5 C (-6.7 F)
1969
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1970
-15.5 C (4.1 F)
1971
-18.5 C (-1.3 F)
1972
-16.0 C (3.2 F)
1973
-16.6 C (2.1 F)
1974
-4.2 C (24.4 F)
1975
-11.5 C (11.3 F)
1976
-15.7 C (3.7 F)
1977
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1978
-19.0 C (-2.2 F)
1979
-22.4 C (-8.3 F)
1980
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1981
-16.8 C (1.8 F)
1982
-20.4 C (-4.7 F)
1983
-15.4 C (4.3 F)
1984
-9.1 C (15.6 F)
1985
-19.2 C (-2.6 F)
1986
-24.3 C (-11.7 F)
1987
-23.8 C (-10.8 F)
1988
-11.5 C (11.3 F)
1989
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1990
-6.9 C (19.6 F)
1991
-14.0 C (6.8 F)
1992
-10.4 C (13.3 F)
1993
-18.5 C (-1.3 F)
1994
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1995
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1996
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1997
-21.4 C (-6.5 F)
1998
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1999
-13.5 C (7.7 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Witzenhausen, 1948 to 1999. The record is 86.1 mm (3.4 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 34.4 mm (1.4 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Witzenhausen by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1948
26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1949
32.6 mm (1.3 in)
1950
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1951
28.8 mm (1.1 in)
1952
24.2 mm (1.0 in)
1953
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1954
27.6 mm (1.1 in)
1955
41.3 mm (1.6 in)
1956
63.7 mm (2.5 in)
1957
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1958
47.4 mm (1.9 in)
1959
26.8 mm (1.1 in)
1960
34.9 mm (1.4 in)
1961
61.4 mm (2.4 in)
1962
32.7 mm (1.3 in)
1963
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1964
42.3 mm (1.7 in)
1965
73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1966
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1967
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1968
21.9 mm (0.9 in)
1969
50.7 mm (2.0 in)
1970
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1971
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1972
34.2 mm (1.3 in)
1973
32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1974
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1975
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1976
27.6 mm (1.1 in)
1977
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1978
19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1979
42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1980
31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1981
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1982
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1983
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1984
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1985
21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1986
53.9 mm (2.1 in)
1987
38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1988
33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1989
47.1 mm (1.9 in)
1990
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1991
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1992
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1993
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1994
35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1995
36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1996
38.5 mm (1.5 in)
1997
30.1 mm (1.2 in)
1998
35.7 mm (1.4 in)
1999
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Witzenhausen, 1948 to 1999. The record is 130.2 mm (5.1 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 59.6 mm (2.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Witzenhausen by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1948
50.4 mm (2.0 in)
1949
46.9 mm (1.8 in)
1950
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1951
52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1952
76.9 mm (3.0 in)
1953
47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1954
60.3 mm (2.4 in)
1955
67.7 mm (2.7 in)
1956
107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1957
47.9 mm (1.9 in)
1958
55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1959
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1960
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1961
83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1962
53.7 mm (2.1 in)
1963
67.9 mm (2.7 in)
1964
55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1965
119.3 mm (4.7 in)
1966
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1967
67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1968
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1969
51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1970
67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1971
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1972
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1973
70.0 mm (2.8 in)
1974
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1975
57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1976
50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1977
59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1978
39.7 mm (1.6 in)
1979
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1980
74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1981
130.2 mm (5.1 in)
1982
53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1983
51.9 mm (2.0 in)
1984
74.1 mm (2.9 in)
1985
43.6 mm (1.7 in)
1986
81.2 mm (3.2 in)
1987
104.2 mm (4.1 in)
1988
62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1989
69.4 mm (2.7 in)
1990
64.2 mm (2.5 in)
1991
61.3 mm (2.4 in)
1992
62.3 mm (2.5 in)
1993
50.7 mm (2.0 in)
1994
64.7 mm (2.5 in)
1995
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1996
55.8 mm (2.2 in)
1997
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1998
67.5 mm (2.7 in)
1999
38.3 mm (1.5 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Witzenhausen, 1948 to 1999. The record is 42 days in 1996, marked on the chart; the median year is 21 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Witzenhausen by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1948
14 days
1949
34 days
1950
14 days
1951
28 days
1952
21 days
1953
36 days
1954
18 days
1955
20 days
1956
20 days
1957
12 days
1958
24 days
1959
37 days
1960
21 days
1961
15 days
1962
24 days
1963
25 days
1964
20 days
1965
15 days
1966
14 days
1967
10 days
1968
23 days
1969
19 days
1970
18 days
1971
26 days
1972
32 days
1973
16 days
1974
17 days
1975
25 days
1976
22 days
1977
18 days
1978
30 days
1979
25 days
1980
20 days
1981
12 days
1982
20 days
1983
26 days
1984
21 days
1985
30 days
1986
17 days
1987
16 days
1988
16 days
1989
22 days
1990
34 days
1991
23 days
1992
21 days
1993
20 days
1994
19 days
1995
30 days
1996
42 days
1997
34 days
1998
18 days
1999
14 days
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
49 years with a frost
Across 49 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Witzenhausen falls on 2 May and the median first autumn frost on 22 October, which leaves a median of 175 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +0.6 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Witzenhausen
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1968 to 1998)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
2 May
n/a
2 May
n/a
-0.5 days per decade
First autumn frost
22 October
n/a
22 October
n/a
+0.1 days per decade
Growing days
175 days
n/a
180 days
n/a
+0.6 days per decade
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.
Rainfall Return Levels
51 years, 1948 to 1998
A day with at least 33.7 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 92.5 mm (3.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Witzenhausen: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
5 years
45.4 mm (1.8 in)
10 years
54.5 mm (2.1 in)
25 years
67.9 mm (2.7 in)
50 years
79.5 mm (3.1 in)
100 years
92.5 mm (3.6 in)
Longer than the 51 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 51 years of values from 1948 to 1998.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 86.1 mm (3.4 in) in 1981; 73.6 mm (2.9 in) in 1965; 66.5 mm (2.6 in) in 1967.
Station Changes
1 suspected
One change was suspected in the annual mean temperature of Witzenhausen, at 1956. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1956 ran 0.1 C (0.2 F) lower than in the years before (possible change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Witzenhausen, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1956
-0.1
-0.2
possible
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
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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.