 The average air temperature in Schierke is 5.3 °C, and it has an annual precipitation of 1,275 millimetres.The field name of Schierke was first mentioned in the records in 1590 as "Schiriken" (the German word "schier" means, in the Harz area, an utterly, unspoilt wood ("blankes, reines Holz").Hitherto there had been a sawmill in 1506, below the site of the subsequent village, in Elend, and a smelting works above the Cold Bode near the moor slags ("Moorschlacken").