Mezőkövesd climate — normals and trends
Mezőkövesd (Hungary) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 552 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mezőkövesd averages 84 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Mezőkövesd has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 98 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °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
MezőkövesdBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
- coords
- 47.82°, 20.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
552mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
84 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
40.0 °C
19 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
16 July 2016
Windiest day
42.3 km/h
15 May 2014
Strongest gust
88.9 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
12.8 cm
13 January 2017
Sunniest day
15.1 h
24 June 2022
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 | 4.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 18 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 18 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 68 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 28 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 45 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 12 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 34 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 49 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 35 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 67 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mezőkövesd?
Mezőkövesd has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 552 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mezőkövesd?
The hottest day measured in Mezőkövesd between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2007, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mezőkövesd?
The coldest day measured in Mezőkövesd between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Mezőkövesd?
Yes. Mezőkövesd gets on average 37.3 cm of snow per year and has around 84 frost days.
Has the climate of Mezőkövesd warmed?
Yes: Mezőkövesd warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mezőkövesd?
The wettest day measured in Mezőkövesd between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2016, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mezőkövesd?
The windiest day measured in Mezőkövesd between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2014, with winds reaching 42.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mezőkövesd?
The warmest month in Mezőkövesd is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Mezőkövesd?
Mezőkövesd receives on average 552 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mezőkövesd?
Mezőkövesd gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mezőkövesd?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mezőkövesd between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2017, with 12.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mezőkövesd?
Yes: Mezőkövesd has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mezőkövesd?
In Mezőkövesd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 22 January 1940.
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