Dragash climate — normals and trends
Dragash (Kosovo) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,124 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 August (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Dragash averages 127 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.
Dragash has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -33.2 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
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- coords
- 42.03°, 20.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,124mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
156 d/yr
Annual snowfall
216.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
35.1 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-33.2 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
64 mm
1 December 2017
Windiest day
20.4 km/h
20 August 1945
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
30 January 2015
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-37.7 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
38.6 cm
15 November 1981
Sunniest day
14.9 h
6 June 1941
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 | 4.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 87 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 115 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 12.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 174 mm | +63 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 115 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 32 mm | -78 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 24 mm | -56 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 60 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 68 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 178 mm | +91 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 222 mm | +117 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 41 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dragash?
Dragash has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,124 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dragash?
The hottest day measured in Dragash between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dragash?
The coldest day measured in Dragash between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -33.2 °C.
Does it snow in Dragash?
Yes. Dragash gets on average 216.5 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Dragash warmed?
Yes: Dragash warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dragash?
The wettest day measured in Dragash between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2017, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dragash?
The windiest day measured in Dragash between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dragash?
The warmest month in Dragash is August (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Dragash?
Dragash receives on average 1,124 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dragash?
Dragash gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dragash?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dragash between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1981, with 38.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dragash?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dragash.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dragash?
In Dragash, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 26 July 2025, and the lowest was -37.7 °C on 30 December 1941.
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