Dolni Dabnik climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dolni Dabnik?

Dolni Dabnik has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dolni Dabnik?

The hottest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 45.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dolni Dabnik?

The coldest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dolni Dabnik?

Yes. Dolni Dabnik gets on average 61.1 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Dolni Dabnik warmed?

Yes: Dolni Dabnik warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dolni Dabnik?

The wettest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dolni Dabnik?

The windiest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1978, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dolni Dabnik?

The warmest month in Dolni Dabnik is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dolni Dabnik?

Dolni Dabnik receives on average 628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dolni Dabnik?

Dolni Dabnik gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dolni Dabnik (Bulgaria) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 628 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Dolni Dabnik averages 74 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.

Dolni Dabnik has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 58 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.1 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 25 January 1942).

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

Dolni DabnikPleven

coords: 43.40°, 24.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

12.3°C

Average daily high

17.1°C

Average daily low

7.9°C

Annual rainfall

628mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

24.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

74 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

102 d/yr

Annual snowfall

61.1 cm

Average feels-like high

15.8 °C

Average feels-like low

5.8 °C

Average peak gust

29.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

19 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

45.1 °C

5 July 2000

Coldest day

-27.7 °C

25 January 1942

Wettest day

100 mm

3 July 2017

Windiest day

49.1 km/h

1 September 1978

Strongest gust

91.1 km/h

27 September 1974

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

5 July 2000

Coldest feels-like

-33.3 °C

25 January 1942

Snowiest day

25.8 cm

20 February 2009

Sunniest day

15.0 h

24 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.2 °C26 July 2025	-10.6 °C20 February 2025	13.8 °C	590 mm	80	62
2024	39.1 °C16 July 2024	-11.2 °C11 January 2024	14.8 °C	552 mm	91	39
2023	40.8 °C4 August 2023	-8.9 °C11 February 2023	14.8 °C	576 mm	69	34
2022	39.6 °C23 July 2022	-8.0 °C25 January 2022	13.8 °C	471 mm	62	58
2021	39.7 °C2 August 2021	-8.0 °C13 February 2021	12.8 °C	706 mm	59	50
2020	36.6 °C31 July 2020	-8.8 °C8 January 2020	13.5 °C	540 mm	61	58
2019	34.9 °C3 July 2019	-11.7 °C8 January 2019	13.7 °C	551 mm	53	50
2018	33.1 °C26 August 2018	-15.4 °C1 March 2018	13.0 °C	691 mm	44	68
2017	40.8 °C1 July 2017	-19.2 °C12 January 2017	12.8 °C	683 mm	65	65
2016	36.7 °C1 August 2016	-18.1 °C24 January 2016	13.2 °C	684 mm	67	56
2015	38.0 °C30 July 2015	-17.7 °C1 January 2015	13.7 °C	580 mm	61	46
2014	35.5 °C13 August 2014	-14.1 °C31 January 2014	12.7 °C	913 mm	27	49
2013	36.2 °C29 July 2013	-12.0 °C28 January 2013	13.2 °C	643 mm	47	66
2012	41.2 °C15 July 2012	-22.5 °C31 January 2012	13.5 °C	546 mm	97	82
2011	36.2 °C16 July 2011	-12.9 °C26 January 2011	12.4 °C	439 mm	55	91
2010	36.1 °C28 August 2010	-21.2 °C26 January 2010	12.6 °C	684 mm	45	73
2009	37.7 °C24 July 2009	-15.6 °C19 December 2009	13.1 °C	576 mm	50	53
2008	37.3 °C16 August 2008	-14.4 °C5 January 2008	13.4 °C	478 mm	71	62
2007	43.4 °C24 July 2007	-9.6 °C23 December 2007	14.2 °C	602 mm	74	47
2006	38.0 °C20 August 2006	-18.5 °C8 February 2006	12.6 °C	570 mm	49	70
2005	34.8 °C1 August 2005	-20.6 °C9 February 2005	11.9 °C	1,015 mm	17	72
2004	38.3 °C10 July 2004	-15.1 °C9 January 2004	12.6 °C	515 mm	38	74
2003	38.7 °C30 August 2003	-15.5 °C4 February 2003	12.4 °C	611 mm	67	94
2002	38.7 °C16 July 2002	-18.3 °C21 December 2002	13.2 °C	729 mm	41	51
2001	38.8 °C10 August 2001	-13.6 °C26 December 2001	13.4 °C	600 mm	60	66
2000	45.1 °C5 July 2000	-11.9 °C10 January 2000	14.0 °C	356 mm	72	61
1999	37.8 °C10 August 1999	-15.8 °C1 February 1999	13.2 °C	668 mm	54	60
1998	39.6 °C2 July 1998	-15.1 °C29 January 1998	12.5 °C	617 mm	59	88
1997	36.4 °C6 July 1997	-27.5 °C19 December 1997	11.5 °C	703 mm	30	79
1996	38.8 °C8 July 1996	-20.8 °C3 February 1996	11.4 °C	726 mm	43	87
1995	32.8 °C24 July 1995	-12.3 °C16 January 1995	12.0 °C	718 mm	21	80
1994	37.1 °C12 August 1994	-10.6 °C14 February 1994	13.8 °C	640 mm	69	60
1993	40.1 °C25 August 1993	-21.5 °C7 January 1993	12.2 °C	499 mm	65	103
1992	35.3 °C28 August 1992	-12.5 °C23 February 1992	12.6 °C	569 mm	41	77
1991	33.2 °C26 July 1991	-17.7 °C2 February 1991	11.3 °C	686 mm	30	88
1990	36.0 °C17 August 1990	-21.8 °C7 January 1990	13.2 °C	478 mm	54	56
1989	34.4 °C9 August 1989	-15.6 °C12 December 1989	12.8 °C	570 mm	33	70
1988	41.5 °C6 July 1988	-12.9 °C3 February 1988	12.3 °C	592 mm	52	73
1987	39.7 °C25 July 1987	-14.0 °C31 January 1987	11.7 °C	656 mm	52	83
1986	35.5 °C19 August 1986	-16.7 °C28 February 1986	11.9 °C	627 mm	32	83
1985	41.7 °C31 July 1985	-22.3 °C13 January 1985	11.9 °C	455 mm	48	79
1984	36.8 °C15 July 1984	-9.6 °C28 December 1984	11.9 °C	628 mm	24	65
1983	33.3 °C29 July 1983	-12.1 °C19 February 1983	12.4 °C	652 mm	27	76
1982	37.0 °C27 June 1982	-9.6 °C12 February 1982	11.8 °C	646 mm	21	89
1981	34.1 °C19 July 1981	-13.1 °C22 December 1981	12.1 °C	602 mm	29	77
1980	38.2 °C10 July 1980	-21.0 °C15 January 1980	11.1 °C	619 mm	20	83
1979	33.9 °C1 August 1979	-16.4 °C21 February 1979	11.6 °C	835 mm	13	72
1978	35.7 °C8 August 1978	-14.7 °C22 February 1978	11.4 °C	739 mm	13	79
1977	37.1 °C22 August 1977	-16.0 °C20 January 1977	12.2 °C	589 mm	29	64
1976	31.8 °C21 July 1976	-10.8 °C8 February 1976	11.3 °C	800 mm	6	74
1975	32.5 °C19 July 1975	-11.2 °C27 November 1975	12.4 °C	926 mm	9	76
1974	38.2 °C18 July 1974	-10.3 °C16 January 1974	12.5 °C	572 mm	38	52
1973	37.3 °C18 July 1973	-12.1 °C27 January 1973	11.4 °C	806 mm	16	94
1972	37.7 °C16 June 1972	-14.6 °C17 January 1972	12.2 °C	862 mm	32	64
1971	36.2 °C8 August 1971	-8.9 °C18 January 1971	12.0 °C	727 mm	26	66
1970	32.0 °C10 August 1970	-8.8 °C3 February 1970	12.0 °C	734 mm	20	68
1969	35.0 °C30 May 1969	-17.5 °C13 January 1969	11.1 °C	719 mm	22	99
1968	37.9 °C9 July 1968	-12.4 °C10 January 1968	12.7 °C	600 mm	30	67
1967	34.2 °C11 August 1967	-17.2 °C12 January 1967	12.3 °C	681 mm	22	73
1966	33.7 °C7 July 1966	-13.0 °C22 January 1966	12.6 °C	842 mm	18	57
1965	37.9 °C26 July 1965	-15.6 °C13 February 1965	11.6 °C	583 mm	36	83
1964	33.3 °C21 July 1964	-17.0 °C7 January 1964	11.7 °C	753 mm	22	85
1963	38.5 °C16 August 1963	-20.7 °C24 January 1963	11.5 °C	638 mm	51	95
1962	35.0 °C2 June 1962	-16.3 °C25 December 1962	12.0 °C	543 mm	51	91
1961	36.5 °C13 August 1961	-11.9 °C26 December 1961	12.6 °C	628 mm	23	55
1960	34.2 °C19 August 1960	-11.7 °C5 February 1960	12.4 °C	698 mm	22	53
1959	34.0 °C31 July 1959	-16.5 °C21 January 1959	11.4 °C	657 mm	21	77
1958	39.3 °C23 August 1958	-10.4 °C6 January 1958	13.0 °C	398 mm	40	68
1957	35.8 °C13 August 1957	-17.2 °C25 December 1957	11.8 °C	640 mm	30	79
1956	34.9 °C21 August 1956	-22.7 °C6 February 1956	10.5 °C	817 mm	30	103
1955	33.6 °C10 June 1955	-14.5 °C5 March 1955	11.7 °C	715 mm	8	73
1954	33.9 °C22 August 1954	-21.3 °C27 January 1954	10.3 °C	716 mm	29	100
1953	35.9 °C30 July 1953	-15.5 °C28 December 1953	11.9 °C	433 mm	46	87
1952	39.9 °C17 August 1952	-17.3 °C10 March 1952	13.1 °C	548 mm	68	72
1951	36.8 °C9 August 1951	-13.4 °C12 February 1951	12.7 °C	625 mm	31	70
1950	36.4 °C5 July 1950	-23.5 °C6 February 1950	12.9 °C	407 mm	73	69
1949	36.4 °C3 August 1949	-16.3 °C6 March 1949	12.0 °C	546 mm	26	78
1948	36.0 °C9 August 1948	-13.5 °C3 January 1948	12.4 °C	413 mm	33	88
1947	35.5 °C9 July 1947	-23.8 °C8 January 1947	12.0 °C	600 mm	37	88
1946	39.9 °C8 September 1946	-25.1 °C20 December 1946	12.5 °C	534 mm	78	78
1945	42.0 °C10 August 1945	-21.0 °C1 February 1945	12.6 °C	330 mm	79	101
1944	35.4 °C23 July 1944	-16.8 °C18 January 1944	12.0 °C	461 mm	35	80
1943	36.1 °C29 September 1943	-18.2 °C13 January 1943	12.1 °C	661 mm	36	89
1942	34.0 °C21 June 1942	-27.7 °C25 January 1942	10.5 °C	567 mm	34	122
1941	32.2 °C17 July 1941	-19.7 °C27 November 1941	10.5 °C	669 mm	15	105
1940	33.5 °C16 July 1940	-21.8 °C10 January 1940	9.6 °C	720 mm	12	116

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.4 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

80 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

62 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

590 mm

-38 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.5 °C	+7.1 °C	6 mm	-33 mm
Feb	4.1 °C	-1.7 °C	18 mm	-18 mm
Mar	17.5 °C	+6.0 °C	38 mm	-9 mm
Apr	18.2 °C	+0.3 °C	46 mm	-14 mm
May	21.8 °C	-1.1 °C	99 mm	+18 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+4.4 °C	18 mm	-65 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+4.5 °C	23 mm	-44 mm
Aug	32.2 °C	+2.6 °C	39 mm	-7 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+2.4 °C	10 mm	-28 mm
Oct	16.8 °C	-1.6 °C	169 mm	+129 mm
Nov	12.1 °C	+1.2 °C	81 mm	+37 mm
Dec	6.7 °C	+2.1 °C	43 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.2 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-10.6 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

52.3 mm

8 Oct 2025

Windiest day

41.3 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-15.4 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

11.3 cm

25 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dolni Dabnik?

Dolni Dabnik has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dolni Dabnik?

The hottest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 45.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dolni Dabnik?

The coldest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dolni Dabnik?

Yes. Dolni Dabnik gets on average 61.1 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.

Has the climate of Dolni Dabnik warmed?

Yes: Dolni Dabnik warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dolni Dabnik?

The wettest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dolni Dabnik?

The windiest day measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1978, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dolni Dabnik?

The warmest month in Dolni Dabnik is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Dolni Dabnik?

Dolni Dabnik receives on average 628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dolni Dabnik?

Dolni Dabnik gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dolni Dabnik?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dolni Dabnik between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2009, with 25.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Dolni Dabnik?

Yes: Dolni Dabnik has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dolni Dabnik?

In Dolni Dabnik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -33.3 °C on 25 January 1942.

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