DWD station 05078 · local records since 1940
How warm, how sunny, how stormy is Travemünde really? This page answers with official records from the DWD station right in town (since 1940): the warmest month is July at 17.0 °C daily mean; January has the most storm days.
Travemünde sits on the Bay of Lübeck and has a typical Baltic-coast climate: mild, breezy, without extremes. In the local DWD record (temperature 1940–2001), July is the warmest month at 17.0 °C daily mean, January the coldest at 0.3 °C. The heat record is 34.8 °C (August 1992), the cold record -27.7 °C (February 1940). May and June bring the most sunshine (about 8.0 hours a day); rain days are spread remarkably evenly. Winter is stormiest: January averages 6.6 storm days – measured up to today, as the station's wind record continues. For context: the temperature series ends in 2001; today's values run noticeably higher due to climate warming.
| Month | Mean temp. (1940–2001) | Record max | Sun/day | Rain days | Frost days | Storm days (1971–today) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.3 °C | 14.4 °C (1999) | 1.4 h | 10.2 | 17.7 | 6.6 |
| February | 0.6 °C | 16.5 °C (1990) | 2.3 h | 9.0 | 16.1 | 4.8 |
| March | 3.2 °C | 22.6 °C (1968) | 3.8 h | 9.4 | 12.6 | 5.1 |
| April | 7.0 °C | 29.0 °C (1968) | 5.9 h | 8.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| May | 11.5 °C | 29.2 °C (1985) | 8.0 h | 8.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| June | 15.2 °C | 33.0 °C (2000) | 8.0 h | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| July | 17.0 °C | 34.2 °C (1959) | 7.7 h | 10.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| August | 16.8 °C | 34.8 °C (1992) | 7.2 h | 10.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| September | 13.7 °C | 30.2 °C (1947) | 5.2 h | 9.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| October | 9.6 °C | 23.6 °C (1969) | 3.5 h | 9.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| November | 5.0 °C | 19.1 °C (1968) | 1.6 h | 10.7 | 5.9 | 4.1 |
| December | 2.0 °C | 15.1 °C (1977) | 1.1 h | 11.2 | 13.7 | 5.5 |
DWD station Travemünde (ID 05078) has measured right in town since 1940. Since October 2001 it records wind only – temperature, sunshine and precipitation therefore come from the historical series 1940–2001, while storm days continue to today and are updated here monthly. Present-day temperatures run about one degree above the old series due to climate warming. Current water temperatures are live on the water-temperature page. To water temperature →
Not quite.
October averages 3.8 storm days – January leads with 6.6, followed by December (5.5) and March (5.1). Midwinter is the true storm season on the Bay of Lübeck (wind record 1971–today).
No – remarkably even.
Between 8.6 rain days in May and 11.2 in December there is less spread than many think. Spring is the driest season – and even the wettest month is rain-free two days out of three (series 1940–2001).
Almost true.
Even the series’ heat record – 34.8 °C in August 1992 – stayed below inland peaks; genuine summer days above 25 °C occurred only about 3.7 times a month in July and August. The Baltic tempers the heat – which is exactly why it is so bearable here.
In the local DWD record (1940–2001) July is the warmest month at 17.0 °C daily mean; midsummer daytime highs are mostly around 20–22 °C. Due to climate warming, present-day summers run about one degree above these means.
In May and June – with about 8.0 sunshine hours per day on average. The sunniest single month of the record was July 1994 with 372 hours.
Most often in midwinter: January averages 6.6 days with gusts of 8 Beaufort or more, June only 1.8. The station’s wind record continues to today (1971–today).
34.8 °C in August 1992. The cold record: -27.7 °C in February 1940, in the legendary hard winter of 1939/40.
The DWD station Travemünde has recorded wind only since October 2001. Temperature, sunshine and precipitation therefore come from the historical 1940–2001 series; storm days continue to be updated. Current water temperatures are live on the water-temperature page.
