Anykščiai climate — normals and trends
Anykščiai (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 694 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Anykščiai averages 125 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Anykščiai 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 148 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 16 July 2021) and the coldest -36.6 °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
AnykščiaiUtena
- coords
- 55.53°, 25.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
694mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
125 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
96.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
33.8 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest day
-36.6 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
74 mm
29 July 2024
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
22 January 1956
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.5 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
2 April 1941
Sunniest day
17.0 h
21 June 2005
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 | 3.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 48 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | -0.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 27 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 8.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 45 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 43 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -3.0 °C | 113 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 19.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 122 mm | +48 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 179 mm | +92 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 35 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 50 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 81 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 4.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 34 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Anykščiai?
Anykščiai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 694 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Anykščiai?
The hottest day measured in Anykščiai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2021, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Anykščiai?
The coldest day measured in Anykščiai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -36.6 °C.
Does it snow in Anykščiai?
Yes. Anykščiai gets on average 96.3 cm of snow per year and has around 125 frost days.
Has the climate of Anykščiai warmed?
Yes: Anykščiai warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Anykščiai?
The wettest day measured in Anykščiai between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2024, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Anykščiai?
The windiest day measured in Anykščiai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Anykščiai?
The warmest month in Anykščiai is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Anykščiai?
Anykščiai receives on average 694 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Anykščiai?
Anykščiai gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Anykščiai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Anykščiai between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1941, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Anykščiai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Anykščiai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Anykščiai?
In Anykščiai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.5 °C on 16 January 1940.
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