Jõhvi climate — normals and trends
Jõhvi has a warm-summer humid continental climate, averaging 5.3 °C annually with 666 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
JõhviIda-Virumaa
- coords
- 59.36°, 27.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
8.1°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
666mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
138 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
118.4 cm
Average feels-like high
4.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
32.3 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.1 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
58 mm
7 August 1987
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
23 January 1995
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
20 January 1976
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
12 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-40.3 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
15.6 cm
23 April 1988
Sunniest day
17.8 h
19 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 110 mm | +69 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 21 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 5.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 31 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 50 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 12.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 102 mm | +53 mm |
| Jun | 17.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 137 mm | +66 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 88 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 132 mm | +49 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 48 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 9.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 4.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 59 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 49 mm | -0 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Jõhvi (Estonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 666 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 February (-6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Jõhvi averages 138 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Jõhvi has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.1 °C (on 10 January 1987).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jõhvi?
Jõhvi has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 666 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jõhvi?
The hottest day measured in Jõhvi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jõhvi?
The coldest day measured in Jõhvi between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -34.1 °C.
Does it snow in Jõhvi?
Yes. Jõhvi gets on average 118.4 cm of snow per year and has around 138 frost days.
Has the climate of Jõhvi warmed?
Yes: Jõhvi warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jõhvi?
The wettest day measured in Jõhvi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jõhvi?
The windiest day measured in Jõhvi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1995, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jõhvi?
The warmest month in Jõhvi is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is February (-6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Jõhvi?
Jõhvi receives on average 666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jõhvi?
Jõhvi gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jõhvi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jõhvi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1988, with 15.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jõhvi?
Yes: Jõhvi has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jõhvi?
In Jõhvi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -40.3 °C on 10 January 1987.
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