Szentes climate — normals and trends
Szentes (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 559 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Szentes averages 75 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Szentes has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 9 August 1945) and the coldest -28.3 °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
SzentesCsongrád
- coords
- 46.66°, 20.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
559mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
32.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
11 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.14 · 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
40.8 °C
9 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
47 mm
9 June 2005
Windiest day
45.4 km/h
3 February 1985
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
15 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
17 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
6 February 1969
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 May 1940
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 | 6.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 27 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 17 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 79 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 38 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 48 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 30.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 8 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 37 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 29.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 49 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 52 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 55 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 9 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Szentes?
Szentes has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 559 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Szentes?
The hottest day measured in Szentes between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1945, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Szentes?
The coldest day measured in Szentes between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Szentes?
Yes. Szentes gets on average 32.3 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Szentes warmed?
Yes: Szentes warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Szentes?
The wettest day measured in Szentes between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2005, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Szentes?
The windiest day measured in Szentes between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Szentes?
The warmest month in Szentes is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Szentes?
Szentes receives on average 559 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Szentes?
Szentes 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 Szentes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Szentes between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Szentes?
Yes: Szentes has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Szentes?
In Szentes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 17 July 2024, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 24 January 1942.
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