Mažeikiai climate — normals and trends
Mažeikiai (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 677 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 (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Mažeikiai averages 120 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Mažeikiai 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 142 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 4 August 2014) and the coldest -38.0 °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
MažeikiaiTelsiai
- coords
- 56.32°, 22.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
677mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 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
+2.4 °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
33.2 °C
4 August 2014
Coldest day
-38.0 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
91 mm
28 July 1988
Windiest day
56.5 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
116.3 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
8 August 2015
Coldest feels-like
-43.1 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
14.7 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 | 3.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 97 mm | +51 mm |
| Feb | 0.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 26 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 12.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 29 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 13.2 °C | -2.3 °C | 89 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 83 mm | +14 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 128 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 86 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 69 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 66 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 4.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 18 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 27 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mažeikiai?
Mažeikiai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 677 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mažeikiai?
The hottest day measured in Mažeikiai between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2014, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mažeikiai?
The coldest day measured in Mažeikiai between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -38.0 °C.
Does it snow in Mažeikiai?
Yes. Mažeikiai gets on average 84.1 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Mažeikiai warmed?
Yes: Mažeikiai warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mažeikiai?
The wettest day measured in Mažeikiai between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1988, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mažeikiai?
The windiest day measured in Mažeikiai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 56.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mažeikiai?
The warmest month in Mažeikiai is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Mažeikiai?
Mažeikiai receives on average 677 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mažeikiai?
Mažeikiai gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mažeikiai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mažeikiai between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1955, with 14.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mažeikiai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mažeikiai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mažeikiai?
In Mažeikiai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 8 August 2015, and the lowest was -43.1 °C on 1 February 1956.
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