Alsózsolca climate — normals and trends
Alsózsolca (Hungary) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 576 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Alsózsolca averages 88 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Alsózsolca has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 102 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 19 July 2007) and the coldest -26.4 °C (on 22 January 1940).
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
AlsózsolcaBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
- coords
- 48.07°, 20.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
576mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °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).
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
40.3 °C
19 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
46 mm
27 July 2004
Windiest day
46.2 km/h
15 May 2014
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-31.8 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
13.3 cm
10 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 May 1940
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 | 4.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 19 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 71 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | -2.4 °C | 59 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 18 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 78 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 35 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 53 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 40 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 64 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 4 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alsózsolca?
Alsózsolca has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 576 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alsózsolca?
The hottest day measured in Alsózsolca between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2007, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alsózsolca?
The coldest day measured in Alsózsolca between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Alsózsolca?
Yes. Alsózsolca gets on average 38.7 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Alsózsolca warmed?
Yes: Alsózsolca warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alsózsolca?
The wettest day measured in Alsózsolca between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2004, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alsózsolca?
The windiest day measured in Alsózsolca between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2014, with winds reaching 46.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alsózsolca?
The warmest month in Alsózsolca is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Alsózsolca?
Alsózsolca receives on average 576 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alsózsolca?
Alsózsolca gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alsózsolca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alsózsolca between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1999, with 13.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alsózsolca?
Yes: Alsózsolca has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alsózsolca?
In Alsózsolca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 22 January 1940.
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