Barcs climate — normals and trends
Barcs (Hungary) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 679 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Barcs averages 73 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Barcs has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 20 July 2007) and the coldest -27.4 °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
BarcsSomogy County
- coords
- 45.96°, 17.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
679mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
39.0 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
63 mm
6 May 1987
Windiest day
45.8 km/h
10 February 1984
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.6 cm
13 November 1993
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 45 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 90 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 75 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 6 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 69 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 37 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 78 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 34 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barcs?
Barcs has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barcs?
The hottest day measured in Barcs between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barcs?
The coldest day measured in Barcs between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Barcs?
Yes. Barcs gets on average 46.3 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Barcs warmed?
Yes: Barcs warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barcs?
The wettest day measured in Barcs between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1987, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barcs?
The windiest day measured in Barcs between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with winds reaching 45.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barcs?
The warmest month in Barcs is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Barcs?
Barcs receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barcs?
Barcs 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 Barcs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barcs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1993, with 22.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barcs?
Yes: Barcs has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barcs?
In Barcs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 22 January 1940.
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