Germany Weather Records in 2022

10,812 weather records set or tied in Germany in 2022, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Germany in 2022

10,812 weather records were set or tied in Germany in 2022.
7,403 were record highs and 1,155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
12,540 records set in 2022 still stand in Germany.

Records per Year, by Type

2022 outlined

Records set or tied in Germany each year from 1854 to 2026, stacked by type. 2022 had 10,812.

Weather records per year in Germany, stacked by type, 2022 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Deepest snow cover	Total
1854	9	7	12	11	0	0	39
1855	3	17	11	17	0	0	48
1856	7	5	13	15	0	0	40
1857	10	4	5	9	10	0	38
1858	6	13	2	21	8	0	50
1859	11	3	13	4	11	0	42
1860	4	11	6	5	8	0	34
1861	11	11	6	14	4	0	46
1862	16	4	17	4	14	0	55
1863	9	5	4	5	17	0	40
1864	2	16	3	14	5	0	40
1865	12	10	5	15	10	0	52
1866	12	4	6	18	11	0	51
1867	12	15	9	6	8	0	50
1868	16	1	19	6	16	0	58
1869	16	8	6	8	8	0	46
1871	12	13	4	11	0	0	40
1872	15	0	11	4	0	0	30
1873	4	0	7	2	0	0	13
1874	10	3	7	2	0	0	22
1875	3	3	1	2	0	0	9
1878	6	1	0	0	6	0	13
1879	10	5	3	23	12	0	53
1880	14	2	4	9	10	0	39
1881	14	10	4	17	7	0	52
1882	12	3	5	5	14	0	39
1883	8	2	4	6	25	0	45
1884	10	7	2	10	36	0	65
1885	17	4	4	16	33	0	74
1886	16	4	1	12	20	0	53
1887	4	2	8	18	23	0	55
1888	11	12	13	33	29	0	98
1889	6	1	12	13	19	0	51
1890	20	19	8	20	20	0	87
1891	24	12	10	9	15	0	70
1892	33	9	12	20	24	0	98
1893	24	8	12	17	30	0	91
1894	26	20	22	11	26	0	105
1895	45	8	21	21	40	0	135
1896	32	2	19	4	39	0	96
1897	26	10	17	0	39	0	92
1898	36	11	34	17	62	0	160
1899	53	16	34	19	41	7	170
1900	41	10	20	16	58	1	146
1901	14	15	12	22	74	26	163
1902	10	27	12	41	62	11	163
1903	49	10	24	10	56	2	151
1904	23	3	18	11	68	18	141
1905	15	8	11	6	65	3	108
1906	75	16	49	10	110	30	290
1907	30	33	27	27	69	48	234
1908	26	41	13	54	84	16	234
1909	92	81	69	91	215	57	605
1910	78	55	91	51	225	10	510
1911	324	74	204	123	134	5	864
1912	201	252	237	241	267	25	1,223
1913	199	169	259	155	209	4	995
1914	130	143	138	67	218	20	716
1915	162	87	203	110	258	47	867
1916	126	57	147	28	206	7	571
1917	119	118	129	84	194	96	740
1918	168	93	187	100	242	33	823
1919	185	339	134	234	307	231	1,430
1920	340	121	345	194	405	11	1,416
1921	620	195	436	249	510	12	2,022
1922	211	309	178	258	605	53	1,614
1923	360	300	319	233	546	90	1,848
1924	107	172	129	172	610	125	1,315
1925	274	199	224	225	510	165	1,597
1926	322	130	371	78	728	67	1,696
1927	173	278	296	217	654	75	1,693
1928	236	254	245	306	582	70	1,693
1929	313	533	225	595	422	260	2,348
1930	395	64	319	44	735	20	1,577
1931	137	263	161	314	663	129	1,667
1932	330	79	371	89	575	8	1,452
1933	203	201	185	262	456	48	1,355
1934	340	32	306	68	564	7	1,317
1935	292	120	221	216	789	74	1,712
1936	267	268	268	294	703	35	1,835
1937	314	162	296	79	815	167	1,833
1938	622	312	515	443	560	163	2,615
1939	408	241	462	274	921	169	2,475
1940	146	820	118	861	797	622	3,364
1941	212	597	207	589	831	436	2,872
1942	394	572	279	596	502	383	2,726
1943	589	63	385	121	430	144	1,732
1944	366	137	378	220	723	284	2,108
1945	230	80	207	75	337	54	983
1946	235	107	165	112	432	51	1,102
1947	860	369	571	411	583	88	2,882
1948	627	217	567	159	581	181	2,332
1949	588	137	476	381	490	47	2,119
1950	367	122	341	86	732	160	1,808
1951	233	81	272	223	677	108	1,594
1952	393	267	333	300	739	467	2,499
1953	546	127	571	181	434	309	2,168
1954	185	320	312	279	713	60	1,869
1955	257	290	239	459	577	287	2,109
1956	159	728	190	727	742	416	2,962
1957	524	235	541	395	648	85	2,428
1958	245	209	370	212	764	155	1,955
1959	556	80	337	261	445	71	1,750
1960	262	201	356	255	636	83	1,793
1961	771	325	598	212	941	37	2,884
1962	297	646	274	648	951	240	3,056
1963	273	315	244	472	1,336	674	3,314
1964	395	153	362	313	1,177	76	2,476
1965	119	421	131	400	2,228	669	3,968
1966	504	336	650	190	2,233	171	4,084
1967	485	243	706	219	1,638	170	3,461
1968	742	369	636	432	1,833	181	4,193
1969	525	970	653	481	1,584	789	5,002
1970	229	607	369	370	2,118	1,533	5,226
1971	710	1,007	846	1,233	1,273	186	5,255
1972	606	812	731	698	1,703	126	4,676
1973	532	854	578	823	1,845	700	5,332
1974	1,248	903	1,453	371	2,371	257	6,603
1975	972	650	1,417	482	1,819	173	5,513
1976	1,460	695	1,198	947	1,642	195	6,137
1977	1,885	1,426	2,294	1,165	2,974	305	10,049
1978	852	3,131	1,708	2,027	3,339	265	11,322
1979	1,923	2,347	2,311	1,948	3,310	2,575	14,414
1980	1,675	3,805	2,561	2,496	3,136	2,156	15,829
1981	1,748	2,804	4,628	2,143	5,695	3,826	20,844
1982	2,970	937	2,762	847	3,338	584	11,438
1983	4,684	2,309	5,464	1,658	4,171	217	18,503
1984	1,275	3,349	1,401	853	4,266	596	11,740
1985	2,347	5,266	2,871	3,770	2,726	3,016	19,996
1986	1,925	3,950	2,852	3,342	4,539	626	17,234
1987	1,905	3,999	4,259	3,477	4,010	1,061	18,711
1988	1,505	892	3,205	1,345	4,041	1,165	12,153
1989	6,870	1,350	5,635	1,215	3,213	46	18,329
1990	7,550	428	4,203	1,160	3,962	397	17,700
1991	2,510	1,645	3,216	2,503	2,502	218	12,594
1992	3,464	990	3,249	1,005	3,596	172	12,476
1993	4,598	3,151	4,287	3,208	3,573	188	19,005
1994	4,108	743	6,684	1,051	3,816	48	16,450
1995	2,971	1,697	4,058	1,130	4,180	690	14,726
1996	1,488	3,935	1,642	2,732	2,255	398	12,450
1997	2,744	802	4,468	2,328	2,563	285	13,190
1998	5,298	2,061	4,654	1,150	3,844	818	17,825
1999	3,287	251	3,416	569	3,226	433	11,182
2000	3,704	695	4,325	832	2,789	48	12,393
2001	2,347	1,386	2,905	1,000	3,089	684	11,411
2002	3,825	1,259	4,685	896	4,371	483	15,519
2003	4,960	1,155	3,478	1,785	1,635	201	13,214
2004	1,745	407	2,234	907	2,356	346	7,995
2005	3,816	1,071	3,069	1,346	1,990	684	11,976
2006	4,351	973	4,522	1,002	2,013	856	13,717
2007	4,127	689	3,058	661	2,941	371	11,847
2008	1,430	670	1,890	660	2,253	318	7,221
2009	2,019	791	1,404	1,092	1,897	209	7,412
2010	1,927	2,223	1,780	1,760	2,291	4,063	14,044
2011	2,941	592	2,139	602	2,022	335	8,631
2012	3,605	1,286	1,723	2,002	1,926	553	11,095
2013	1,980	2,724	2,343	1,889	2,423	1,001	12,360
2014	2,702	288	2,014	462	1,707	34	7,207
2015	5,306	519	4,247	827	1,942	100	12,941
2016	2,629	571	2,046	906	2,002	142	8,296
2017	2,493	426	1,830	601	2,241	128	7,719
2018	5,503	1,348	3,060	1,024	1,939	135	13,009
2019	4,371	311	2,150	657	1,876	155	9,520
2020	3,400	194	2,761	763	2,159	16	9,293
2021	2,938	318	2,047	861	2,075	493	8,732
2022	4,469	388	2,934	767	2,020	234	10,812
2023	3,525	137	3,781	485	3,178	392	11,498
2024	3,750	236	5,153	295	3,047	78	12,559
2025	4,142	184	1,740	618	1,754	9	8,447
2026	4,754	130	2,854	308	981	122	9,149

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Germany: 1850s 0.8 to 1, 1860s 1.1 to 1, 1870s 1.3 to 1, 1880s 0.9 to 1, 1890s 2.0 to 1, 1900s 1.2 to 1, 1910s 1.3 to 1, 1920s 1.1 to 1, 1930s 1.7 to 1, 1940s 1.2 to 1, 1950s 1.3 to 1, 1960s 1.2 to 1, 1970s 1.0 to 1, 1980s 1.3 to 1, 1990s 2.4 to 1, 2000s 3.3 to 1, 2010s 2.7 to 1, 2020s 8.5 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Germany, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1850s	0.81 to 1
1860s	1.05 to 1
1870s	1.33 to 1
1880s	0.91 to 1
1890s	1.99 to 1
1900s	1.18 to 1
1910s	1.33 to 1
1920s	1.14 to 1
1930s	1.67 to 1
1940s	1.15 to 1
1950s	1.25 to 1
1960s	1.18 to 1
1970s	1.04 to 1
1980s	1.26 to 1
1990s	2.40 to 1
2000s	3.33 to 1
2010s	2.71 to 1
2020s	8.52 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2022: 12,540

Records still standing in Germany by the year they were set. 12,540 of them were set in 2022.

Standing records in Germany by the year they were set, 2022 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1782	1
1786	1
1801	1
1807	2
1815	1
1817	1
1819	2
1821	1
1824	4
1825	12
1826	8
1827	19
1828	6
1829	14
1830	18
1831	8
1832	4
1833	6
1834	4
1835	10
1836	8
1837	20
1838	18
1839	5
1840	16
1841	6
1842	8
1843	5
1844	3
1845	20
1846	6
1847	5
1848	10
1849	9
1850	17
1851	6
1852	8
1853	17
1854	13
1855	21
1856	13
1857	22
1858	38
1859	27
1860	19
1861	26
1862	30
1863	16
1864	491
1865	271
1866	66
1867	69
1868	101
1869	59
1870	72
1871	113
1872	43
1873	48
1874	276
1875	102
1876	310
1877	142
1878	60
1879	570
1880	584
1881	543
1882	716
1883	259
1884	263
1885	289
1886	346
1887	2,038
1888	807
1889	471
1890	1,693
1891	875
1892	757
1893	922
1894	481
1895	889
1896	488
1897	699
1898	980
1899	1,516
1900	1,046
1901	1,538
1902	1,389
1903	772
1904	1,017
1905	1,085
1906	690
1907	982
1908	1,318
1909	1,033
1910	901
1911	800
1912	1,495
1913	928
1914	945
1915	1,030
1916	572
1917	1,187
1918	731
1919	1,563
1920	852
1921	1,230
1922	1,312
1923	1,250
1924	668
1925	977
1926	1,106
1927	1,015
1928	1,018
1929	1,623
1930	933
1931	2,013
1932	1,467
1933	1,173
1934	1,626
1935	2,565
1936	10,936
1937	6,869
1938	6,176
1939	5,527
1940	9,802
1941	10,282
1942	9,374
1943	3,512
1944	4,123
1945	4,794
1946	6,676
1947	28,859
1948	17,004
1949	22,002
1950	17,081
1951	25,840
1952	23,977
1953	21,849
1954	17,317
1955	18,713
1956	29,545
1957	20,438
1958	20,716
1959	15,526
1960	13,905
1961	23,103
1962	23,182
1963	24,781
1964	15,586
1965	20,209
1966	19,207
1967	14,380
1968	17,226
1969	26,031
1970	19,463
1971	17,057
1972	15,116
1973	17,979
1974	20,094
1975	15,499
1976	18,479
1977	16,925
1978	18,138
1979	32,543
1980	23,423
1981	28,933
1982	13,219
1983	20,965
1984	15,394
1985	29,119
1986	24,008
1987	27,631
1988	15,786
1989	20,712
1990	20,619
1991	20,270
1992	20,917
1993	25,763
1994	23,142
1995	22,749
1996	23,840
1997	21,001
1998	25,257
1999	17,560
2000	17,202
2001	16,665
2002	19,781
2003	19,411
2004	10,878
2005	16,142
2006	18,131
2007	15,601
2008	9,733
2009	10,399
2010	23,338
2011	12,131
2012	15,639
2013	18,239
2014	10,550
2015	17,903
2016	11,667
2017	9,363
2018	16,292
2019	11,300
2020	11,265
2021	11,308
2022	12,540
2023	14,152
2024	15,156
2025	9,698
2026	10,551

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).