Svitavy climate — normals and trends
Svitavy (Czechia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 720 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Svitavy averages 107 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Svitavy has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 126 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -29.6 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
SvitavyPardubice Region
- coords
- 49.76°, 16.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
720mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-29.6 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
70 mm
13 September 2024
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
4 January 1976
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
9 April 1977
Sunniest day
16.0 h
27 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 34 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 12 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 47 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 35 mm | -45 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 73 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 143 mm | +50 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 66 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 104 mm | +43 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 36 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 65 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svitavy?
Svitavy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 720 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svitavy?
The hottest day measured in Svitavy between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svitavy?
The coldest day measured in Svitavy between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -29.6 °C.
Does it snow in Svitavy?
Yes. Svitavy gets on average 75.2 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Svitavy warmed?
Yes: Svitavy warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svitavy?
The wettest day measured in Svitavy between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2024, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svitavy?
The windiest day measured in Svitavy between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1976, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svitavy?
The warmest month in Svitavy is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Svitavy?
Svitavy receives on average 720 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svitavy?
Svitavy gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Svitavy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svitavy between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1977, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svitavy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Svitavy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svitavy?
In Svitavy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 10 February 1956.
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