Pastavy climate — normals and trends
Pastavy (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 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pastavy averages 134 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Pastavy 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 156 to 112 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 15 August 2010) and the coldest -36.7 °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
PastavyVitebsk
- coords
- 55.12°, 26.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
694mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
134 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 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
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
33.4 °C
15 August 2010
Coldest day
-36.7 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
58 mm
24 August 2017
Windiest day
53.2 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
4 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.1 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
12.7 cm
25 March 2008
Sunniest day
16.5 h
28 June 2010
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 | +6.3 °C | 48 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 22 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +6.7 °C | 43 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -3.1 °C | 130 mm | +62 mm |
| Jun | 19.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 146 mm | +70 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 210 mm | +121 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 59 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 26 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 81 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 50 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pastavy?
Pastavy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 694 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pastavy?
The hottest day measured in Pastavy between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2010, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pastavy?
The coldest day measured in Pastavy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -36.7 °C.
Does it snow in Pastavy?
Yes. Pastavy gets on average 104.5 cm of snow per year and has around 134 frost days.
Has the climate of Pastavy warmed?
Yes: Pastavy warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pastavy?
The wettest day measured in Pastavy between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2017, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pastavy?
The windiest day measured in Pastavy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 53.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pastavy?
The warmest month in Pastavy is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Pastavy?
Pastavy receives on average 694 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pastavy?
Pastavy 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 Pastavy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pastavy between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2008, with 12.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pastavy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pastavy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pastavy?
In Pastavy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -42.1 °C on 16 January 1940.
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