Pirita climate — normals and trends
Pirita (Estonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 640 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Pirita averages 126 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Pirita 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 153 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.3 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -29.4 °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
PiritaHarju
- coords
- 59.47°, 24.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
640mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
21.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
97.9 cm
Average feels-like high
4.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
30.3 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
7 August 1987
Windiest day
54.3 km/h
7 August 1967
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
26 December 2011
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-37.0 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.0 cm
9 March 1969
Sunniest day
17.4 h
17 June 1940
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 | +4.9 °C | 86 mm | +44 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 20 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 5.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 25 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 8.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 12.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 35 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 16.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 131 mm | +73 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 105 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 18.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 88 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 71 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 64 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 6.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 49 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 48 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pirita?
Pirita has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 640 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pirita?
The hottest day measured in Pirita between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 30.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pirita?
The coldest day measured in Pirita between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Pirita?
Yes. Pirita gets on average 97.9 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Pirita warmed?
Yes: Pirita warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pirita?
The wettest day measured in Pirita between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pirita?
The windiest day measured in Pirita between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1967, with winds reaching 54.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pirita?
The warmest month in Pirita is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Pirita?
Pirita receives on average 640 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pirita?
Pirita gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pirita?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pirita between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1969, with 14.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pirita?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pirita.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pirita?
In Pirita, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -37.0 °C on 24 January 1942.
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