Jēkabpils climate — normals and trends
Jēkabpils (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 715 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jēkabpils averages 133 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Jēkabpils 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 155 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 9 July 2006) and the coldest -36.8 °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
JēkabpilsJēkabpils Municipality
- coords
- 56.50°, 25.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
715mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
133 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
33.5 °C
9 July 2006
Coldest day
-36.8 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
17 August 2021
Windiest day
44.4 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
2 November 1969
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.9 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
15 April 2001
Sunniest day
17.0 h
19 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +6.0 °C | 74 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | -1.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 13 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +5.5 °C | 36 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 34 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -2.6 °C | 136 mm | +70 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 133 mm | +56 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 144 mm | +59 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 99 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 49 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 9.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 56 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 31 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jēkabpils?
Jēkabpils has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 715 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jēkabpils?
The hottest day measured in Jēkabpils between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2006, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jēkabpils?
The coldest day measured in Jēkabpils between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -36.8 °C.
Does it snow in Jēkabpils?
Yes. Jēkabpils gets on average 107.5 cm of snow per year and has around 133 frost days.
Has the climate of Jēkabpils warmed?
Yes: Jēkabpils warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jēkabpils?
The wettest day measured in Jēkabpils between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2021, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jēkabpils?
The windiest day measured in Jēkabpils between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jēkabpils?
The warmest month in Jēkabpils is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Jēkabpils?
Jēkabpils receives on average 715 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jēkabpils?
Jēkabpils gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jēkabpils?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jēkabpils between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2001, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jēkabpils?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Jēkabpils.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jēkabpils?
In Jēkabpils, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.9 °C on 16 January 1940.
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