Zalaszentgrót climate — normals and trends
Zalaszentgrót (Hungary) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 676 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zalaszentgrót averages 77 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Zalaszentgrót has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -27.2 °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
ZalaszentgrótZala County
- coords
- 46.94°, 17.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
676mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
38.8 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-27.2 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
25 August 1965
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
10 February 1984
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
10 February 1984
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
13 November 1993
Sunniest day
15.3 h
19 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 28 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 80 mm | +34 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 63 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 32 mm | -43 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 78 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 80 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 62 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 59 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 8.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 77 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 36 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zalaszentgrót?
Zalaszentgrót has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zalaszentgrót?
The hottest day measured in Zalaszentgrót between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 38.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zalaszentgrót?
The coldest day measured in Zalaszentgrót between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zalaszentgrót?
Yes. Zalaszentgrót gets on average 48.0 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Zalaszentgrót warmed?
Yes: Zalaszentgrót warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zalaszentgrót?
The wettest day measured in Zalaszentgrót between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1965, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zalaszentgrót?
The windiest day measured in Zalaszentgrót between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zalaszentgrót?
The warmest month in Zalaszentgrót is July (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zalaszentgrót?
Zalaszentgrót receives on average 676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zalaszentgrót?
Zalaszentgrót 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 Zalaszentgrót?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zalaszentgrót between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1993, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zalaszentgrót?
Yes: Zalaszentgrót has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zalaszentgrót?
In Zalaszentgrót, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 24 January 1942.
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