Climate
Sylt features an oceanic climate that is influenced by the Gulf Stream. On average, the winter season is slightly warmer than in mainland Nordfriesland. The summer season, however, is cooler despite of longer sunshine periods. The yearly average sunshine period is greater than 4.4 hours per day with some years exceeding the average sunshine for all of Germany. Also precipitation is lower than on the mainland. This is due to the low relief of Sylt's shoreline where clouds are not able to accumulate and rain off.
| Climate data for List (1961-1990 averages) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 8.39 |
| Precipitation mm | 57.3 | 35.1 | 44.9 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 55.9 | 62.1 | 72.1 | 82.5 | 88.5 | 94.3 | 71.6 | 745.3 |
| Daily mean °F | 33.8 | 33.6 | 36.9 | 42.8 | 51.4 | 57.6 | 60.3 | 61.2 | 57.0 | 50.7 | 43.0 | 37.0 | 47.11 |
| Precipitation inches | 2.256 | 1.382 | 1.768 | 1.555 | 1.634 | 2.201 | 2.445 | 2.839 | 3.248 | 3.484 | 3.713 | 2.819 | 29.343 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46.7 | 75.3 | 120.1 | 179.3 | 243 | 246.5 | 230.7 | 228.1 | 147.8 | 98.3 | 55.6 | 42.6 | 1,714 |
| Source: German Weather Service | |||||||||||||
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