Putnok climate — normals and trends
Putnok (Hungary) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 732 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 (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Putnok averages 107 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Putnok has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 124 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 24 June 2021) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 21 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
PutnokBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
- coords
- 48.30°, 20.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
732mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
29.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.3 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
28 July 2004
Windiest day
35.8 km/h
20 April 2017
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
3 August 1998
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.2 cm
2 February 1986
Sunniest day
15.1 h
4 July 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 24 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 22 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 79 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 45 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 65 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 13 mm | -87 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 93 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 44 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 87 mm | +34 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Putnok?
Putnok has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 732 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Putnok?
The hottest day measured in Putnok between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2021, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Putnok?
The coldest day measured in Putnok between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Putnok?
Yes. Putnok gets on average 52.8 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Putnok warmed?
Yes: Putnok warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Putnok?
The wettest day measured in Putnok between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2004, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Putnok?
The windiest day measured in Putnok between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with winds reaching 35.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Putnok?
The warmest month in Putnok is July (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Putnok?
Putnok receives on average 732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Putnok?
Putnok gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Putnok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Putnok between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1986, with 14.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Putnok?
Yes: Putnok has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Putnok?
In Putnok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 3 August 1998, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 21 January 1940.
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