Pleshchenitsy climate — normals and trends
Pleshchenitsy (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 687 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 (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pleshchenitsy averages 140 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Pleshchenitsy 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 161 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -36.9 °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
PleshchenitsyMinsk
- coords
- 54.42°, 27.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
687mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 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
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
35.4 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-36.9 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
8 August 2005
Windiest day
64.3 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
18 April 1967
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
15 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.2 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
25 March 2008
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 | +6.5 °C | 42 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -1.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 9.2 °C | +7.5 °C | 40 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 25 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | -2.6 °C | 140 mm | +72 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 142 mm | +63 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 141 mm | +50 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 42 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 24 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 9.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 87 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 4.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 31 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pleshchenitsy?
Pleshchenitsy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 687 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pleshchenitsy?
The hottest day measured in Pleshchenitsy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pleshchenitsy?
The coldest day measured in Pleshchenitsy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -36.9 °C.
Does it snow in Pleshchenitsy?
Yes. Pleshchenitsy gets on average 106.9 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Pleshchenitsy warmed?
Yes: Pleshchenitsy warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pleshchenitsy?
The wettest day measured in Pleshchenitsy between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2005, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pleshchenitsy?
The windiest day measured in Pleshchenitsy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 64.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pleshchenitsy?
The warmest month in Pleshchenitsy is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Pleshchenitsy?
Pleshchenitsy receives on average 687 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pleshchenitsy?
Pleshchenitsy 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 Pleshchenitsy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pleshchenitsy between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2008, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pleshchenitsy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pleshchenitsy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pleshchenitsy?
In Pleshchenitsy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 15 August 2010, and the lowest was -43.2 °C on 16 January 1940.
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