Mezdra climate — normals and trends
Mezdra (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 742 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mezdra averages 92 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Mezdra has warmed by +2.1 °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 108 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -26.7 °C (on 24 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
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- coords
- 43.14°, 23.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
742mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
89.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
41.5 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
88 mm
22 August 1979
Windiest day
36.7 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
16 April 1977
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
17 January 1977
Sunniest day
15.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.6 °C | +6.5 °C | 13 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 58 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 65 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 106 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 6 mm | -89 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 41 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 30 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 15 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -1.5 °C | 159 mm | +110 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 82 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 58 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mezdra?
Mezdra has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 742 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mezdra?
The hottest day measured in Mezdra between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mezdra?
The coldest day measured in Mezdra between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Mezdra?
Yes. Mezdra gets on average 89.2 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Mezdra warmed?
Yes: Mezdra warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mezdra?
The wettest day measured in Mezdra between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1979, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mezdra?
The windiest day measured in Mezdra between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mezdra?
The warmest month in Mezdra is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Mezdra?
Mezdra receives on average 742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mezdra?
Mezdra 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 Mezdra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mezdra between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1977, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mezdra?
Yes: Mezdra has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mezdra?
In Mezdra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 24 January 1942.
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