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How extreme does Dachau's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Dachau 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 Munchen-Nymphenburg station 12 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 Dachau has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Aug 13, 2003

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Dachau (typical high near 76°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Aug 13, 2003
2 98°F Jul 27, 2013
3 98°F Jul 5, 2015
❄️ Coldest night
-13°F Jan 7, 1985

About 41°F colder than a normal January night in Dachau (typical low near 28°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -13°F Jan 7, 1985
2 -12°F Jan 13, 1987
3 -11°F Jan 8, 1985
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.00 in Aug 7, 1978

About 87% of a typical August's rain in a single day (Dachau averages roughly 4.6 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.00 in Aug 7, 1978
2 3.85 in May 17, 2000
3 3.60 in Jun 29, 2011

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

Dachau's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 99°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, Dachau's warmest days reach the high 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 −13°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 26 years of daily observations at Weihenstephan-durnast, 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 →