Pale climate — normals and trends
Pale (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,109 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Pale averages 121 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Pale has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 23 August 2007) and the coldest -29.9 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
PaleRepublika Srpska
- coords
- 43.82°, 18.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,109mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
210.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
34.5 °C
23 August 2007
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
84 mm
11 October 2002
Windiest day
30.0 km/h
30 March 1947
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
21 June 2024
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
41.1 cm
14 November 2004
Sunniest day
14.9 h
16 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 56 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 51 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 193 mm | +105 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 115 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 78 mm | -35 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 16 mm | -93 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 84 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 47 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 100 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -1.6 °C | 104 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 147 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 28 mm | -66 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pale?
Pale has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,109 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pale?
The hottest day measured in Pale between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2007, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pale?
The coldest day measured in Pale between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Pale?
Yes. Pale gets on average 210.1 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Pale warmed?
Yes: Pale warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pale?
The wettest day measured in Pale between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2002, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pale?
The windiest day measured in Pale between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1947, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pale?
The warmest month in Pale is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Pale?
Pale receives on average 1,109 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pale?
Pale gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pale?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pale between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2004, with 41.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pale?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pale.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pale?
In Pale, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 21 June 2024, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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