Krāslava climate — normals and trends
Krāslava (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 703 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Krāslava averages 136 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Krāslava 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 158 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -38.5 °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
KrāslavaKrāslava Municipality
- coords
- 55.90°, 27.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
8.9°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
703mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
115.5 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
33.7 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-38.5 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
29 July 1945
Windiest day
48.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
2 November 1969
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
16 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.9 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
17 March 1979
Sunniest day
16.6 h
30 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.3 °C | +6.3 °C | 59 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 24 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +5.9 °C | 50 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 13.5 °C | -2.7 °C | 168 mm | +102 mm |
| Jun | 18.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 116 mm | +40 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 193 mm | +105 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 67 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 26 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 52 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 30 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Krāslava?
Krāslava has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 703 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Krāslava?
The hottest day measured in Krāslava between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Krāslava?
The coldest day measured in Krāslava between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -38.5 °C.
Does it snow in Krāslava?
Yes. Krāslava gets on average 115.5 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Krāslava warmed?
Yes: Krāslava warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Krāslava?
The wettest day measured in Krāslava between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1945, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Krāslava?
The windiest day measured in Krāslava between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Krāslava?
The warmest month in Krāslava is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Krāslava?
Krāslava receives on average 703 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Krāslava?
Krāslava 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 Krāslava?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Krāslava between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1979, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Krāslava?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Krāslava.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Krāslava?
In Krāslava, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 16 August 2010, and the lowest was -43.9 °C on 16 January 1940.
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