Loshnitsa climate — normals and trends
Loshnitsa (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 667 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Loshnitsa averages 140 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Loshnitsa has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -38.9 °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
LoshnitsaMinsk
- coords
- 54.28°, 28.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
667mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
36.2 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-38.9 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
82 mm
26 July 1973
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
23 January 1956
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
9 September 1971
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
22 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.2 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
12 January 2016
Sunniest day
16.0 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 | 41 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 11 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +7.8 °C | 38 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 32 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 15.2 °C | -2.1 °C | 146 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 125 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 122 mm | +35 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 31 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 25 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 9.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 66 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 5.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 71 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 1.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Loshnitsa?
Loshnitsa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 667 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Loshnitsa?
The hottest day measured in Loshnitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Loshnitsa?
The coldest day measured in Loshnitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -38.9 °C.
Does it snow in Loshnitsa?
Yes. Loshnitsa gets on average 106.4 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Loshnitsa warmed?
Yes: Loshnitsa warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Loshnitsa?
The wettest day measured in Loshnitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1973, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Loshnitsa?
The windiest day measured in Loshnitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1956, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Loshnitsa?
The warmest month in Loshnitsa is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Loshnitsa?
Loshnitsa receives on average 667 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Loshnitsa?
Loshnitsa 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 Loshnitsa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Loshnitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2016, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Loshnitsa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Loshnitsa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Loshnitsa?
In Loshnitsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 22 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.2 °C on 17 January 1940.
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