Kretinga climate — normals and trends
Kretinga (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 710 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kretinga averages 104 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Kretinga 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 126 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 4 August 2014) and the coldest -35.9 °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
KretingaKlaipėda County
- coords
- 55.89°, 21.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.1 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 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
34.3 °C
4 August 2014
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
53 mm
9 August 2005
Windiest day
66.3 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
16 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-41.5 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
25 April 1955
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 | 4.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 105 mm | +51 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 11 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 32 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 12.8 °C | -2.7 °C | 60 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 17.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 64 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 114 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 87 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 87 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 11.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 87 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 26 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kretinga?
Kretinga has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kretinga?
The hottest day measured in Kretinga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2014, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kretinga?
The coldest day measured in Kretinga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kretinga?
Yes. Kretinga gets on average 75.3 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Kretinga warmed?
Yes: Kretinga warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kretinga?
The wettest day measured in Kretinga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2005, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kretinga?
The windiest day measured in Kretinga between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 66.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kretinga?
The warmest month in Kretinga is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kretinga?
Kretinga receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kretinga?
Kretinga gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kretinga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kretinga between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1955, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kretinga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kretinga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kretinga?
In Kretinga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 16 August 2010, and the lowest was -41.5 °C on 25 January 1942.
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