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How extreme does Altenburg's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Altenburg 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 Gera-Leumnitz station 25 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 Altenburg has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Aug 20, 2012

That is about 24°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Altenburg (typical high near 75°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Aug 20, 2012
2 99°F Jun 30, 2019
3 99°F Jul 20, 2022
❄️ Coldest night
-16°F Jan 14, 1987

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

The three most extreme on record

1 -16°F Jan 14, 1987
2 -13°F Dec 21, 1981
3 -13°F Feb 24, 1986
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.93 in Aug 9, 1981

More rain in a single day than Altenburg usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.93 in Aug 9, 1981
2 3.82 in Jul 21, 1992
3 3.24 in Aug 8, 1978

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 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Altenburg's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 99°F is about 24°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, Altenburg's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 99°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 Gera-leumnitz, a weather station, about 25 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →