Paide climate — normals and trends
Paide (Estonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 683 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Paide averages 146 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Paide has warmed by +2.7 °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 167 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -37.2 °C (on 5 February 2012).
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
PaideJärvamaa
- coords
- 58.89°, 25.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
8.5°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
683mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
32.1 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-37.2 °C
5 February 2012
Wettest day
52 mm
7 August 1987
Windiest day
45.5 km/h
6 August 1967
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
26 December 2011
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-42.5 °C
5 February 2012
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
20 November 1975
Sunniest day
17.4 h
18 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 100 mm | +56 mm |
| Feb | -1.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 16 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 6.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 21 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 54 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 56 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 17.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 150 mm | +78 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 91 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 124 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 57 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 44 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 4.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 43 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Paide?
Paide has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paide?
The hottest day measured in Paide between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Paide?
The coldest day measured in Paide between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2012, at -37.2 °C.
Does it snow in Paide?
Yes. Paide gets on average 112.9 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Paide warmed?
Yes: Paide warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Paide?
The wettest day measured in Paide between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Paide?
The windiest day measured in Paide between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Paide?
The warmest month in Paide is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Paide?
Paide receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Paide?
Paide gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Paide?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Paide between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1975, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Paide?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Paide.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Paide?
In Paide, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -42.5 °C on 5 February 2012.
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