Dokshytsy climate — normals and trends
Dokshytsy (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 694 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Dokshytsy averages 140 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Dokshytsy has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -38.3 °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
DokshytsyVitebsk
- coords
- 54.89°, 27.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
9.2°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
694mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
109.3 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
35.2 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-38.3 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
26 July 1973
Windiest day
55.7 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
4 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
16 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.9 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
2 April 1989
Sunniest day
16.2 h
3 July 2025
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 | 2.4 °C | +6.5 °C | 48 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 18 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.6 °C | +6.9 °C | 45 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 25 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | -2.7 °C | 130 mm | +63 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 141 mm | +63 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 137 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 52 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 23 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 75 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 4.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 33 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dokshytsy?
Dokshytsy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 694 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dokshytsy?
The hottest day measured in Dokshytsy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dokshytsy?
The coldest day measured in Dokshytsy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -38.3 °C.
Does it snow in Dokshytsy?
Yes. Dokshytsy gets on average 109.3 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Dokshytsy warmed?
Yes: Dokshytsy warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dokshytsy?
The wettest day measured in Dokshytsy between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1973, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dokshytsy?
The windiest day measured in Dokshytsy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dokshytsy?
The warmest month in Dokshytsy is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Dokshytsy?
Dokshytsy receives on average 694 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dokshytsy?
Dokshytsy gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dokshytsy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dokshytsy between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1989, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dokshytsy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dokshytsy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dokshytsy?
In Dokshytsy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 16 August 2010, and the lowest was -43.9 °C on 16 January 1940.
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