Lyepyel' climate — normals and trends
Lyepyel' (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 685 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 (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Lyepyel' averages 137 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Lyepyel' has warmed by +3.0 °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 158 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -37.5 °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
Lyepyel'Vitebsk
- coords
- 54.88°, 28.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
685mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
137 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
108.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
35.1 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-37.5 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
58 mm
26 July 1973
Windiest day
49.4 km/h
14 January 2022
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
4 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
16 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.4 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
2 April 1989
Sunniest day
16.1 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 | 2.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 45 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +6.8 °C | 45 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | -2.4 °C | 162 mm | +95 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 139 mm | +61 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 144 mm | +55 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 48 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 21 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 74 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 61 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 34 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lyepyel'?
Lyepyel' has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 685 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lyepyel'?
The hottest day measured in Lyepyel' between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lyepyel'?
The coldest day measured in Lyepyel' between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -37.5 °C.
Does it snow in Lyepyel'?
Yes. Lyepyel' gets on average 108.8 cm of snow per year and has around 137 frost days.
Has the climate of Lyepyel' warmed?
Yes: Lyepyel' warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lyepyel'?
The wettest day measured in Lyepyel' between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1973, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lyepyel'?
The windiest day measured in Lyepyel' between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2022, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lyepyel'?
The warmest month in Lyepyel' is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Lyepyel'?
Lyepyel' receives on average 685 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lyepyel'?
Lyepyel' 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 Lyepyel'?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lyepyel' between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1989, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lyepyel'?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lyepyel'.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lyepyel'?
In Lyepyel', between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 16 August 2010, and the lowest was -43.4 °C on 16 January 1940.
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