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How extreme does Detmold's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Detmold has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Bad Lippspringe station 17 km away. Updated through February 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Detmold has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
100°F Jul 4, 2015

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Detmold (typical high near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Jul 4, 2015
2 100°F Aug 7, 2018
3 100°F Jul 25, 2019
❄️ Coldest night
-9°F Jan 6, 2009

About 40°F colder than a normal January night in Detmold (typical low near 31°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -9°F Jan 6, 2009
2 -8°F Jan 7, 2009
3 -7°F Jan 5, 1979
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.14 in May 20, 2019

More rain in a single day than Detmold usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 2.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.14 in May 20, 2019
2 2.86 in Jun 29, 1981
3 2.78 in Jul 14, 1995

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 100°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Detmold's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 100°F is about 26°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Detmold's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as −9°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Lippstadt-bokenforde, a weather station, about 47 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →