How extreme does Oldenburg's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Oldenburg 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 Bremen-Seefahrtschule station 38 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 Oldenburg has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

100°F Aug 9, 1992

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

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Aug 9, 1992

2 99°F Jul 25, 2019

3 99°F Jul 20, 2022

❄️ Coldest night

-5°F Jan 4, 1979

About 36°F colder than a normal January night in Oldenburg (typical low near 31°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -5°F Jan 4, 1979

2 -5°F Feb 23, 1986

3 -4°F Jan 14, 1987

🌧️ Most rain in one day

2.11 in Oct 5, 2002

About 94% of a typical October's rain in a single day (Oldenburg averages roughly 2.2 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.11 in Oct 5, 2002

2 2.07 in Jun 22, 2023

3 1.89 in Jul 6, 1994

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.

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Oldenburg's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August'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, Oldenburg'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 −5°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 22 years of daily observations at Oldenburg, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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