Kārsava climate — normals and trends
Kārsava (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 663 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 (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kārsava averages 138 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Kārsava has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 160 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -40.4 °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
KārsavaLudza Municipality
- coords
- 56.78°, 27.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
663mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
138 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 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
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
33.9 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-40.4 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
63 mm
29 July 1945
Windiest day
52.2 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
13 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-45.7 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
2 April 1941
Sunniest day
16.9 h
23 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +6.5 °C | 63 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 23 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 48 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 39 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | -2.4 °C | 167 mm | +103 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 114 mm | +40 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 160 mm | +79 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 54 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 33 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 54 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 43 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 33 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kārsava?
Kārsava has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 663 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kārsava?
The hottest day measured in Kārsava between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kārsava?
The coldest day measured in Kārsava between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -40.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kārsava?
Yes. Kārsava gets on average 106.0 cm of snow per year and has around 138 frost days.
Has the climate of Kārsava warmed?
Yes: Kārsava warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kārsava?
The wettest day measured in Kārsava between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1945, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kārsava?
The windiest day measured in Kārsava between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 52.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kārsava?
The warmest month in Kārsava is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kārsava?
Kārsava receives on average 663 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kārsava?
Kārsava 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 Kārsava?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kārsava between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1941, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kārsava?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kārsava.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kārsava?
In Kārsava, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 13 July 2021, and the lowest was -45.7 °C on 16 January 1940.
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