Rēzekne climate — normals and trends
Rēzekne (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 691 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 (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rēzekne averages 137 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Rēzekne has warmed by +2.8 °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 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -39.2 °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
RēzekneRēzekne
- coords
- 56.51°, 27.34°
- 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
691mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
137 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 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
34.0 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-39.2 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
63 mm
24 August 2017
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
9 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
13 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-44.2 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
2 April 1941
Sunniest day
16.8 h
1 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | +6.4 °C | 63 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | -2.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +5.6 °C | 49 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 33 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -2.5 °C | 168 mm | +102 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 114 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 200 mm | +114 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 65 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 37 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 56 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rēzekne?
Rēzekne has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rēzekne?
The hottest day measured in Rēzekne between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rēzekne?
The coldest day measured in Rēzekne between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -39.2 °C.
Does it snow in Rēzekne?
Yes. Rēzekne gets on average 112.1 cm of snow per year and has around 137 frost days.
Has the climate of Rēzekne warmed?
Yes: Rēzekne warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rēzekne?
The wettest day measured in Rēzekne between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2017, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rēzekne?
The windiest day measured in Rēzekne between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rēzekne?
The warmest month in Rēzekne is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Rēzekne?
Rēzekne receives on average 691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rēzekne?
Rēzekne 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 Rēzekne?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rēzekne between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1941, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rēzekne?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rēzekne.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rēzekne?
In Rēzekne, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 13 July 2021, and the lowest was -44.2 °C on 16 January 1940.
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