Svyetlahorsk climate — normals and trends
Svyetlahorsk (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 648 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Svyetlahorsk averages 131 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Svyetlahorsk has warmed by +3.2 °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 153 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -39.3 °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
SvyetlahorskHomyel’ Voblasc’
- coords
- 52.63°, 29.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
648mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.4 cm
Average feels-like high
7.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °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
37.3 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.3 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
84 mm
26 July 2009
Windiest day
66.3 km/h
22 February 1953
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
15 February 1962
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
13 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-44.6 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
20 November 2004
Sunniest day
16.0 h
16 June 1940
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 | 3.1 °C | +6.8 °C | 34 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -1.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 9 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +7.5 °C | 41 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 58 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 115 mm | +52 mm |
| Jun | 21.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 96 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 102 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 29 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 84 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 6.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 62 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 41 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svyetlahorsk?
Svyetlahorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 648 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svyetlahorsk?
The hottest day measured in Svyetlahorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svyetlahorsk?
The coldest day measured in Svyetlahorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -39.3 °C.
Does it snow in Svyetlahorsk?
Yes. Svyetlahorsk gets on average 91.4 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Svyetlahorsk warmed?
Yes: Svyetlahorsk warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svyetlahorsk?
The wettest day measured in Svyetlahorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2009, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svyetlahorsk?
The windiest day measured in Svyetlahorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1953, with winds reaching 66.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svyetlahorsk?
The warmest month in Svyetlahorsk is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Svyetlahorsk?
Svyetlahorsk receives on average 648 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svyetlahorsk?
Svyetlahorsk gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Svyetlahorsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svyetlahorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2004, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svyetlahorsk?
Yes: Svyetlahorsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svyetlahorsk?
In Svyetlahorsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 13 July 2024, and the lowest was -44.6 °C on 17 January 1940.
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