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In some places, temperatures in Austria were well below freezing again today, Friday, January 9, 2026. The lowest temperatures dropped to minus 16.1 degrees.
The freezing cold has had Austria firmly in its grip so far in January. While the minus 20 degrees mark has been broken several times in recent days – peaking on Thursday, January 8, at minus 27.9 degrees – the lowest temperatures on Friday, January 9, 2026, were 16.1 degrees below freezing. According to “GeoSphere Austria,” these were measured in Schwarzau im Freiwald (Gmünd district, Lower Austria).
Where it was still very cold in Austria on January 9
Behind Schwarzau im Freiwald are Zwettl (Lower Austria) with minus 14.2 degrees Celsius and Kleinzicken and Güssing (both Burgenland) with 13.6 degrees Celsius each. Temperatures also dropped particularly low in Bad Radkersburg (Styria, minus 13.3 degrees), Völkermarkt (Carinthia, minus 12.9 degrees), and Liebenau-Gugu (Upper Austria, minus 12.8 degrees). The latter is the place with the lowest temperature measured so far this winter. Read all about it here: Minus 27.9 degrees Celsius: Austria experienced an arctic night.
These low temperatures were recorded in Austria on January 9, 2026:
- Schwarzau im Freiwald (Lower Austria): minus 16.1 degrees Celsius
- Zwettl (Lower Austria): minus 14.2 degrees Celsius
- Kleinzicken (Burgenland): minus 13.6 degrees Celsius
- Güssing (Burgenland): minus 13.6 degrees Celsius
- Bad Radkersburg (Styria): minus 13.3 degrees Celsius
- Völkermarkt (Carinthia): minus 12.9 degrees Celsius
- Liebenau-Gugu (Upper Austria): minus 12.8 degrees Celsius
- Bad Gleichenberg (Styria): minus 12.5 degrees Celsius
- Fürstenfeld (Styria): minus 12.4 degrees Celsius
- Klausen-Leopoldsdorf (Lower Austria): minus 12.4 degrees
It remains cold in Austria
Incidentally, it will not necessarily get particularly warm here in the coming days. GeoSphere Austria has issued yellow cold warnings for parts of Austria on Saturday and for the entire country again from Sunday. On Saturday, most regions could see sub-zero temperatures in the single digits, with temperatures returning to double digits in some places in the days that follow. According to meteorologists, temperatures are expected to drop to “below minus 15 degrees in some places” in the inner Alps and in the north on Monday.
Up to 40 centimeters of new snow is expected in Austria
It has already started snowing in parts of the country, and by nightfall at the latest, the snowfall will spread and intensify in some places, according to meteorologists from “GeoSphere Austria” and “tauernwetter.at.” Photos of the snowfall and maps and information showing and explaining what else we can expect can be found here: Snow in Austria: Maps show how much more is coming.
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