Wildenrath

For the railway test track see Test- and Validationcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath.

Wildenrath is a township within the municipality of Wegberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town is situated on the Bundesstraße 221 between Wassenberg and Arsbeck on the edge of Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park and close to the border with the Netherlands.

Wildenrath
Stadtteil of Wegberg
The Siemens test centre at Wildenrath
Coat of arms
Location of Wildenrath
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Coordinates: 51°07′N 6°11′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Heinsberg
Town	Wegberg
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	1,619
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	41844
Dialling codes	02434
Website	www.wegberg.de

For 40 years, the town was the home of the British military airfield, RAF Wildenrath. After the airfield closed in 1992, it became the Test- and Validationcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath, a railway test centre operated by Siemens Mobility.^[2]

The "Haus Wildenrath" heritage farm

Climate

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).^[3]

Climate data for Wildenrath
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4 (39)	6 (42)	10 (50)	14 (58)	19 (66)	22 (71)	23 (73)	23 (74)	19 (67)	15 (59)	9 (48)	6 (42)	14 (57)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0 (32)	1 (34)	3 (37)	5 (41)	9 (48)	12 (54)	13 (56)	14 (57)	12 (53)	8 (46)	4 (40)	2 (36)	7 (45)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	64 (2.5)	56 (2.2)	38 (1.5)	46 (1.8)	69 (2.7)	69 (2.7)	89 (3.5)	86 (3.4)	61 (2.4)	46 (1.8)	79 (3.1)	66 (2.6)	760 (30)
Source: Weatherbase [4]