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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Dachsteingebirge

The Dachstein Mountains (German: Dachsteingebirge) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps.

The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (AVE No. 14).

The Dachstein range includes:

Extent

The Dachstein Mountains are bordered as follows:

Divisions

The two individual peaks of Grimming and Sarstein were counted as part of the Dachstein range because both have been broken off the Dachstein limestone block, even though they are quite separate from a hydrographic and orographic perspective. This classification appeared as early as 1924 in the Moriggl Division of the Alps.

Climate

Climate data for Krippenstein
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 13.5
(56.3)
12.2
(54.0)
12.2
(54.0)
14.2
(57.6)
18.7
(65.7)
24.1
(75.4)
26.0
(78.8)
25.3
(77.5)
24.0
(75.2)
18.5
(65.3)
14.5
(58.1)
11.6
(52.9)
26.0
(78.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4)
−2.6
(27.3)
−0.8
(30.6)
1.7
(35.1)
6.8
(44.2)
9.7
(49.5)
12.2
(54.0)
12.7
(54.9)
9.4
(48.9)
6.4
(43.5)
1.0
(33.8)
−1.0
(30.2)
4.5
(40.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −5.4
(22.3)
−6.1
(21.0)
−4.4
(24.1)
−1.9
(28.6)
3.3
(37.9)
5.9
(42.6)
8.4
(47.1)
8.9
(48.0)
5.7
(42.3)
2.8
(37.0)
−2.4
(27.7)
−4.3
(24.3)
0.9
(33.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −8.2
(17.2)
−8.8
(16.2)
−6.9
(19.6)
−4.4
(24.1)
0.6
(33.1)
3.1
(37.6)
5.5
(41.9)
6.0
(42.8)
3.0
(37.4)
0.2
(32.4)
−5.1
(22.8)
−7.0
(19.4)
−1.8
(28.7)
Record low °C (°F) −28.5
(−19.3)
−24.0
(−11.2)
−25.2
(−13.4)
−16.0
(3.2)
−11.0
(12.2)
−5.8
(21.6)
−3.2
(26.2)
−7.0
(19.4)
−7.2
(19.0)
−15.0
(5.0)
−20.0
(−4.0)
−24.0
(−11.2)
−28.5
(−19.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 112.5
(4.43)
110.1
(4.33)
160.3
(6.31)
132.7
(5.22)
140.4
(5.53)
219.3
(8.63)
257.8
(10.15)
211.3
(8.32)
155.7
(6.13)
104.1
(4.10)
124.9
(4.92)
123.7
(4.87)
1,852.8
(72.94)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 124.5
(49.0)
142.8
(56.2)
224.1
(88.2)
109.2
(43.0)
41.1
(16.2)
16.6
(6.5)
3.1
(1.2)
6.9
(2.7)
23.9
(9.4)
39.3
(15.5)
101.7
(40.0)
138.6
(54.6)
971.8
(382.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 12.0 12.1 14.5 13.1 13.3 18.1 17.5 15.4 12.8 10.4 12.6 12.9 164.7
Average snowy days (≥ 1 cm) 31.0 28.3 31.0 30.0 28.0 12.4 2.5 1.5 5.9 11.9 24.8 30.7 238
Average relative humidity (%) (at 0700) 68.9 74.3 77.9 81.4 77.1 80.6 78.8 76.2 77.3 68.6 72.0 70.7 75.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours 114.3 125.7 143.6 145.4 204.7 173.2 193.4 205.2 168.4 166.2 102.9 98.5 1,841.5
Percent possible sunshine 43.3 44.0 39.1 37.0 46.2 38.4 42.1 48.2 45.4 50.6 39.0 39.2 42.7
Source: zamg.ac.at

References

Media related to Dachstein mountains at Wikimedia Commons