Smiltene climate — normals and trends
Smiltene (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 678 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Smiltene averages 139 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Smiltene 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 160 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -39.3 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
SmilteneSmiltene Municipality
- coords
- 57.42°, 25.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.6°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
678mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
97.2 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °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 = 0.43 · 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
32.9 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-39.3 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
69 mm
23 September 1950
Windiest day
52.0 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
31 December 1983
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.6 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
23 November 2008
Sunniest day
17.1 h
21 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.9 °C | +6.4 °C | 89 mm | +49 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 16 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 24 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 58 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 121 mm | +60 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 129 mm | +51 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 124 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 78 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 41 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 9.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 56 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 38 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 39 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Smiltene?
Smiltene has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 678 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Smiltene?
The hottest day measured in Smiltene between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Smiltene?
The coldest day measured in Smiltene between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -39.3 °C.
Does it snow in Smiltene?
Yes. Smiltene gets on average 97.2 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Smiltene warmed?
Yes: Smiltene warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Smiltene?
The wettest day measured in Smiltene between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1950, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Smiltene?
The windiest day measured in Smiltene between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Smiltene?
The warmest month in Smiltene is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Smiltene?
Smiltene receives on average 678 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Smiltene?
Smiltene gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Smiltene?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Smiltene between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 2008, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Smiltene?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Smiltene.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Smiltene?
In Smiltene, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -44.6 °C on 31 December 1978.
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