How extreme does Schwäbisch Gmünd's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Schwäbisch Gmünd 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 Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg station 44 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 Schwäbisch Gmünd has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Aug 7, 2015

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Schwäbisch Gmünd (typical high near 77°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Aug 7, 2015

2 101°F Aug 9, 2003

3 100°F Aug 13, 2003

❄️ Coldest night

-6°F Jan 13, 1987

About 37°F colder than a normal January night in Schwäbisch Gmünd (typical low near 31°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -6°F Jan 13, 1987

2 -5°F Jan 8, 1985

3 -3°F Jan 9, 1985

🌧️ Most rain in one day

3.81 in May 22, 1978

More rain in a single day than Schwäbisch Gmünd usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 3.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.81 in May 22, 1978

2 3.51 in Jun 18, 1977

3 2.82 in Jul 29, 2013

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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Schwäbisch Gmünd's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 102°F is about 25°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, Schwäbisch Gmünd's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as −6°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 30 years of daily observations at Stotten, a weather station, about 16 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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