Zel'va climate — normals and trends
Zel'va (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 669 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zel'va averages 121 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Zel'va 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 141 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 29 July 2012) and the coldest -35.9 °C (on 11 January 1950).
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
Zel'vaGrodnenskaya
- coords
- 53.15°, 24.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.0°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
669mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.8 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 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
35.4 °C
29 July 2012
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
11 January 1950
Wettest day
73 mm
2 August 2021
Windiest day
64.2 km/h
22 February 1953
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
22 February 1953
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
17 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
11 January 1950
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
26 January 2021
Sunniest day
16.3 h
20 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.6 °C | +6.0 °C | 40 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 16 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +7.1 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 26 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | -2.4 °C | 87 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 67 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 188 mm | +100 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 42 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 64 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 73 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 5.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 48 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 29 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zel'va?
Zel'va has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 669 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zel'va?
The hottest day measured in Zel'va between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2012, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zel'va?
The coldest day measured in Zel'va between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1950, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Zel'va?
Yes. Zel'va gets on average 80.8 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Zel'va warmed?
Yes: Zel'va warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zel'va?
The wettest day measured in Zel'va between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2021, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zel'va?
The windiest day measured in Zel'va between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1953, with winds reaching 64.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zel'va?
The warmest month in Zel'va is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zel'va?
Zel'va receives on average 669 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zel'va?
Zel'va gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zel'va?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zel'va between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2021, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zel'va?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zel'va.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zel'va?
In Zel'va, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 17 July 2007, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 11 January 1950.
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