Kelmė climate — normals and trends
Kelmė (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 674 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kelmė averages 126 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Kelmė has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 30 July 1994) and the coldest -36.4 °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
KelmėSiauliai
- coords
- 55.63°, 22.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
2.9°C
Annual rainfall
674mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 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
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
33.4 °C
30 July 1994
Coldest day
-36.4 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
47 mm
14 August 2006
Windiest day
51.1 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
35.3 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
3 May 2021
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 | 3.1 °C | +5.4 °C | 78 mm | +35 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 35 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -2.3 °C | 91 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 18.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 104 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 153 mm | +64 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 66 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 61 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 10.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 72 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 28 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 27 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kelmė?
Kelmė has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 674 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kelmė?
The hottest day measured in Kelmė between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1994, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kelmė?
The coldest day measured in Kelmė between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -36.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kelmė?
Yes. Kelmė gets on average 91.1 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Kelmė warmed?
Yes: Kelmė warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kelmė?
The wettest day measured in Kelmė between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2006, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kelmė?
The windiest day measured in Kelmė between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 51.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kelmė?
The warmest month in Kelmė is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kelmė?
Kelmė receives on average 674 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kelmė?
Kelmė 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 Kelmė?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kelmė between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2021, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kelmė?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kelmė.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kelmė?
In Kelmė, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 1 February 1956.
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