Saldus climate — normals and trends
Saldus (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 684 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Saldus averages 124 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Saldus has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 145 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 30 July 1994) and the coldest -35.1 °C (on 1 February 1956).
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
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- coords
- 56.66°, 22.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.2°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
684mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
32.6 °C
30 July 1994
Coldest day
-35.1 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
75 mm
28 July 1988
Windiest day
51.4 km/h
9 January 2005
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
30 July 1994
Coldest feels-like
-40.1 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
24 December 2010
Sunniest day
17.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 103 mm | +59 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 13 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 25 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 13.1 °C | -2.1 °C | 73 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 81 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 157 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 77 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 64 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 62 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 4.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 23 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 28 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saldus?
Saldus has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saldus?
The hottest day measured in Saldus between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1994, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saldus?
The coldest day measured in Saldus between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -35.1 °C.
Does it snow in Saldus?
Yes. Saldus gets on average 86.8 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Saldus warmed?
Yes: Saldus warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saldus?
The wettest day measured in Saldus between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1988, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saldus?
The windiest day measured in Saldus between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2005, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saldus?
The warmest month in Saldus is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Saldus?
Saldus receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saldus?
Saldus gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saldus?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saldus between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2010, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saldus?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saldus.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saldus?
In Saldus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 30 July 1994, and the lowest was -40.1 °C on 1 February 1956.
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