Alūksne climate — normals and trends
Alūksne (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alūksne averages 146 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Alūksne has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 166 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -38.4 °C (on 16 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
AlūksneAlūksne Municipality
- coords
- 57.42°, 27.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
8.5°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
732mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.2 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
33.1 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-38.4 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
40 mm
7 August 1941
Windiest day
49.2 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
26 December 2011
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
30 July 1994
Coldest feels-like
-43.3 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
23 November 2008
Sunniest day
17.1 h
29 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +6.3 °C | 93 mm | +48 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 38 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | -2.1 °C | 153 mm | +88 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 142 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 174 mm | +85 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 80 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 47 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 9.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 56 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 3.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 41 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alūksne?
Alūksne has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 732 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alūksne?
The hottest day measured in Alūksne between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alūksne?
The coldest day measured in Alūksne between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -38.4 °C.
Does it snow in Alūksne?
Yes. Alūksne gets on average 125.2 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Alūksne warmed?
Yes: Alūksne warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alūksne?
The wettest day measured in Alūksne between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1941, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alūksne?
The windiest day measured in Alūksne between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alūksne?
The warmest month in Alūksne is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Alūksne?
Alūksne receives on average 732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alūksne?
Alūksne gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alūksne?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alūksne between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 2008, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alūksne?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alūksne.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alūksne?
In Alūksne, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 30 July 1994, and the lowest was -43.3 °C on 16 January 1940.
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