Saue climate — normals and trends
Saue (Estonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 701 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Saue averages 138 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Saue 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 161 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 8 July 2006) and the coldest -33.7 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
SaueHarju
- coords
- 59.32°, 24.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
701mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
138 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
101.5 cm
Average feels-like high
5.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 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
32.3 °C
8 July 2006
Coldest day
-33.7 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
44 mm
1 July 1959
Windiest day
55.4 km/h
6 August 1967
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
31 December 1983
Hottest feels-like
34.4 °C
8 June 1956
Coldest feels-like
-39.3 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.1 cm
20 November 1975
Sunniest day
17.2 h
27 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 89 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | -0.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 19 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 6.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 26 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 10.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 13.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 39 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 17.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 156 mm | +85 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 128 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 111 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 76 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 56 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 5.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 45 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 43 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saue?
Saue has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 701 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saue?
The hottest day measured in Saue between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2006, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saue?
The coldest day measured in Saue between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -33.7 °C.
Does it snow in Saue?
Yes. Saue gets on average 101.5 cm of snow per year and has around 138 frost days.
Has the climate of Saue warmed?
Yes: Saue warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saue?
The wettest day measured in Saue between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1959, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saue?
The windiest day measured in Saue between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with winds reaching 55.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saue?
The warmest month in Saue is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (-5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Saue?
Saue receives on average 701 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saue?
Saue gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saue?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saue between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1975, with 17.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saue?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saue.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saue?
In Saue, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.4 °C on 8 June 1956, and the lowest was -39.3 °C on 25 January 1942.
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