Karcag climate — normals and trends
Karcag (Hungary) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 613 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Karcag averages 78 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Karcag 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 90 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 20 July 2007) and the coldest -27.3 °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
KarcagJász-Nagykun-Szolnok
- coords
- 47.32°, 20.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
613mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.0 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
11 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 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
39.9 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
55 mm
27 July 2004
Windiest day
41.6 km/h
10 February 1984
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
29 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
12 August 1961
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
10 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 71 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 18.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | -2.4 °C | 67 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 9 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 44 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 68 mm | +21 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 26 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 5 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karcag?
Karcag has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 613 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karcag?
The hottest day measured in Karcag between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karcag?
The coldest day measured in Karcag between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Karcag?
Yes. Karcag gets on average 34.0 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Karcag warmed?
Yes: Karcag warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karcag?
The wettest day measured in Karcag between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2004, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karcag?
The windiest day measured in Karcag between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with winds reaching 41.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karcag?
The warmest month in Karcag is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Karcag?
Karcag receives on average 613 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karcag?
Karcag gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karcag?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karcag between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1999, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karcag?
Yes: Karcag has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karcag?
In Karcag, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 12 August 1961, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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