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Weather extremes

How extreme does Salzburg's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Salzburg 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 Salzburg station 3 km away. Updated through April 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 Salzburg has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
100°F Jul 11, 1984

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Salzburg (typical high near 77°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Jul 11, 1984
2 99°F Jul 27, 1983
3 99°F Jul 28, 2013
❄️ Coldest night
-16°F Dec 3, 1973

About 44°F colder than a normal December night in Salzburg (typical low near 28°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -16°F Dec 3, 1973
2 -14°F Jan 8, 1985
3 -12°F Jan 13, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.59 in Jul 31, 1977

About 79% of a typical July's rain in a single day (Salzburg averages roughly 5.8 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.59 in Jul 31, 1977
2 4.02 in Jun 1, 2013
3 4.00 in Aug 6, 2002

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

Salzburg's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 100°F is about 23°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, Salzburg's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as −16°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 Salzburg, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →