Braslaw climate — normals and trends
Braslaw (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Braslaw averages 134 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Braslaw has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 157 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -37.6 °C (on 16 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BraslawVitebsk
- coords
- 55.64°, 27.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
695mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
134 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.0 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-37.6 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
67 mm
29 July 1945
Windiest day
48.9 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
9 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.9 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
17 March 1979
Sunniest day
16.6 h
30 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +6.2 °C | 55 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 23 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +5.9 °C | 47 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 28 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -3.0 °C | 167 mm | +100 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 116 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 201 mm | +113 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 68 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 26 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 47 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 31 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Braslaw?
Braslaw has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Braslaw?
The hottest day measured in Braslaw between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Braslaw?
The coldest day measured in Braslaw between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -37.6 °C.
Does it snow in Braslaw?
Yes. Braslaw gets on average 107.4 cm of snow per year and has around 134 frost days.
Has the climate of Braslaw warmed?
Yes: Braslaw warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Braslaw?
The wettest day measured in Braslaw between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1945, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Braslaw?
The windiest day measured in Braslaw between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Braslaw?
The warmest month in Braslaw is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Braslaw?
Braslaw receives on average 695 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Braslaw?
Braslaw gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Braslaw?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Braslaw between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1979, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Braslaw?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Braslaw.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Braslaw?
In Braslaw, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -42.9 °C on 16 January 1940.
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