Sharkowshchyna climate — normals and trends
Sharkowshchyna (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 679 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sharkowshchyna averages 136 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Sharkowshchyna has warmed by +2.9 °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 158 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -38.3 °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
SharkowshchynaVitebsk
- coords
- 55.37°, 27.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
679mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
19.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.6 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 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
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
34.7 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-38.3 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
67 mm
26 July 1973
Windiest day
52.4 km/h
2 November 1969
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
14 January 2022
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
16 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.7 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
23 October 1993
Sunniest day
16.4 h
21 June 2005
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 | 2.6 °C | +6.5 °C | 50 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 21 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +6.6 °C | 45 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 27 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | -2.8 °C | 145 mm | +80 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 130 mm | +55 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 146 mm | +59 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 51 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 23 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 66 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 4.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 31 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sharkowshchyna?
Sharkowshchyna has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sharkowshchyna?
The hottest day measured in Sharkowshchyna between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sharkowshchyna?
The coldest day measured in Sharkowshchyna between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -38.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sharkowshchyna?
Yes. Sharkowshchyna gets on average 104.6 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Sharkowshchyna warmed?
Yes: Sharkowshchyna warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sharkowshchyna?
The wettest day measured in Sharkowshchyna between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1973, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sharkowshchyna?
The windiest day measured in Sharkowshchyna between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1969, with winds reaching 52.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sharkowshchyna?
The warmest month in Sharkowshchyna is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Sharkowshchyna?
Sharkowshchyna receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sharkowshchyna?
Sharkowshchyna 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 Sharkowshchyna?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sharkowshchyna between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1993, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sharkowshchyna?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sharkowshchyna.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sharkowshchyna?
In Sharkowshchyna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 16 August 2010, and the lowest was -43.7 °C on 16 January 1940.
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