Kuršėnai climate — normals and trends
Kuršėnai (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 629 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kuršėnai averages 123 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Kuršėnai 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 145 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 4 August 2014) and the coldest -37.0 °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
KuršėnaiSiauliai
- coords
- 56.00°, 22.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
629mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.6 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 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
+2.5 °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
33.5 °C
4 August 2014
Coldest day
-37.0 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
51 mm
8 July 1966
Windiest day
52.5 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.8 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
25 November 1969
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 | 3.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 78 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 13 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 20 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 13.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 34 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 98 mm | +43 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 102 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 155 mm | +72 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 58 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 56 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 68 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 29 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kuršėnai?
Kuršėnai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 629 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuršėnai?
The hottest day measured in Kuršėnai between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2014, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kuršėnai?
The coldest day measured in Kuršėnai between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -37.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kuršėnai?
Yes. Kuršėnai gets on average 81.6 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Kuršėnai warmed?
Yes: Kuršėnai warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kuršėnai?
The wettest day measured in Kuršėnai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1966, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kuršėnai?
The windiest day measured in Kuršėnai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 52.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kuršėnai?
The warmest month in Kuršėnai is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kuršėnai?
Kuršėnai receives on average 629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kuršėnai?
Kuršėnai gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kuršėnai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kuršėnai between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1969, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kuršėnai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kuršėnai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuršėnai?
In Kuršėnai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.8 °C on 1 February 1956.
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