Madona climate — normals and trends
Madona (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 671 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 (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Madona averages 138 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Madona 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 159 to 117 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 9 July 2006) and the coldest -37.3 °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
MadonaMadonas novads
- coords
- 56.85°, 26.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
671mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
138 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 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 = 0.44 · 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
9 July 2006
Coldest day
-37.3 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
50 mm
14 June 2022
Windiest day
51.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
24 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-42.7 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
15 April 2001
Sunniest day
17.0 h
19 June 1940
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 | 2.5 °C | +6.2 °C | 73 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 37 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 35 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -2.3 °C | 153 mm | +90 mm |
| Jun | 18.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 114 mm | +41 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 151 mm | +73 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 76 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 50 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 9.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 54 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 34 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 30 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Madona?
Madona has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 671 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madona?
The hottest day measured in Madona between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2006, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Madona?
The coldest day measured in Madona between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -37.3 °C.
Does it snow in Madona?
Yes. Madona gets on average 110.0 cm of snow per year and has around 138 frost days.
Has the climate of Madona warmed?
Yes: Madona warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Madona?
The wettest day measured in Madona between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Madona?
The windiest day measured in Madona between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 51.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Madona?
The warmest month in Madona is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Madona?
Madona receives on average 671 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Madona?
Madona 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 Madona?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Madona between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2001, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Madona?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Madona.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madona?
In Madona, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 24 July 2010, and the lowest was -42.7 °C on 16 January 1940.
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