Kapyl climate — normals and trends
Kapyl (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 666 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kapyl averages 132 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Kapyl has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 13 July 2024) and the coldest -37.1 °C (on 17 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
KapylMinsk
- coords
- 53.15°, 27.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
666mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
90.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °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
36.1 °C
13 July 2024
Coldest day
-37.1 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
54 mm
8 July 2003
Windiest day
76.8 km/h
22 February 1953
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
22 February 1953
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.2 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
15 March 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
5 July 2018
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 | 2.8 °C | +6.2 °C | 43 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 10 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +7.6 °C | 43 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -2.6 °C | 109 mm | +39 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 111 mm | +33 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 182 mm | +93 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 32 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 29 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 10.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 81 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 59 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 37 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kapyl?
Kapyl has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 666 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapyl?
The hottest day measured in Kapyl between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2024, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kapyl?
The coldest day measured in Kapyl between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -37.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kapyl?
Yes. Kapyl gets on average 90.3 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Kapyl warmed?
Yes: Kapyl warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kapyl?
The wettest day measured in Kapyl between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2003, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kapyl?
The windiest day measured in Kapyl between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1953, with winds reaching 76.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kapyl?
The warmest month in Kapyl is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kapyl?
Kapyl receives on average 666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kapyl?
Kapyl gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kapyl?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kapyl between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2013, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kapyl?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kapyl.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kapyl?
In Kapyl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -42.2 °C on 10 January 1940.
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