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Weather extremes

How extreme does Plauen's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Plauen 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 Hof station 28 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 Plauen has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
96°F Jul 20, 2022

That is about 24°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Plauen (typical high near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 96°F Jul 20, 2022recent
2 95°F Aug 13, 2003
3 95°F Aug 7, 2015
❄️ Coldest night
-11°F Mar 4, 1987

About 41°F colder than a normal March night in Plauen (typical low near 30°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F Mar 4, 1987
2 -10°F Feb 12, 1985
3 -10°F Mar 5, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.35 in Jul 13, 2021

About 98% of a typical July's rain in a single day (Plauen averages roughly 3.4 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.35 in Jul 13, 2021recent
2 3.27 in Aug 30, 2020
3 2.94 in Jul 8, 2021

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 96°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Plauen's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 96°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, Plauen's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 96°F and as low as −11°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 Hof, a weather station, about 28 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →