Sárospatak climate — normals and trends
Sárospatak (Hungary) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 635 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sárospatak averages 92 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Sárospatak has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 109 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 20 July 2007) and the coldest -27.5 °C (on 28 January 1954).
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
SárospatakBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
- coords
- 48.32°, 21.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
635mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
40.2 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
28 January 1954
Wettest day
74 mm
27 July 1960
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
2 September 1941
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
28 January 1954
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
10 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 29 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 74 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 27 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | -2.6 °C | 78 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 9 mm | -69 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 103 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 36 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 44 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 74 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 5 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sárospatak?
Sárospatak has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 635 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sárospatak?
The hottest day measured in Sárospatak between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sárospatak?
The coldest day measured in Sárospatak between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1954, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Sárospatak?
Yes. Sárospatak gets on average 44.5 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Sárospatak warmed?
Yes: Sárospatak warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sárospatak?
The wettest day measured in Sárospatak between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1960, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sárospatak?
The windiest day measured in Sárospatak between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1941, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sárospatak?
The warmest month in Sárospatak is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Sárospatak?
Sárospatak receives on average 635 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sárospatak?
Sárospatak 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 Sárospatak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sárospatak between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1999, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sárospatak?
Yes: Sárospatak has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sárospatak?
In Sárospatak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 28 January 1954.
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