Balvi climate — normals and trends
Balvi (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 675 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Balvi averages 141 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Balvi 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 161 to 121 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -39.3 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
BalviBalvi Municipality
- coords
- 57.13°, 27.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
675mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.5 cm
Average feels-like high
5.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 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
33.2 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-39.3 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
47 mm
14 June 2022
Windiest day
49.6 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
26 December 2011
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
24 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.6 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
29 November 2012
Sunniest day
17.1 h
27 June 2010
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 | 2.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 78 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 43 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 47 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -2.1 °C | 152 mm | +91 mm |
| Jun | 18.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 131 mm | +54 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 172 mm | +91 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 60 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 43 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 9.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 57 mm | 0 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 38 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Balvi?
Balvi has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balvi?
The hottest day measured in Balvi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Balvi?
The coldest day measured in Balvi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -39.3 °C.
Does it snow in Balvi?
Yes. Balvi gets on average 113.5 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Balvi warmed?
Yes: Balvi warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Balvi?
The wettest day measured in Balvi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Balvi?
The windiest day measured in Balvi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 49.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Balvi?
The warmest month in Balvi is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Balvi?
Balvi receives on average 675 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Balvi?
Balvi gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Balvi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Balvi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2012, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Balvi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Balvi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Balvi?
In Balvi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 24 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.6 °C on 31 December 1978.
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