Molėtai climate — normals and trends
Molėtai (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 706 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Molėtai averages 129 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Molėtai 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 152 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 31 July 2002) and the coldest -36.1 °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
MolėtaiUtena
- coords
- 55.22°, 25.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.2°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
2.9°C
Annual rainfall
706mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 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
34.3 °C
31 July 2002
Coldest day
-36.1 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
8 July 1945
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
22 January 1956
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.1 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
27 February 1950
Sunniest day
16.7 h
28 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +5.9 °C | 49 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 29 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +6.1 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -3.0 °C | 132 mm | +65 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 126 mm | +50 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 176 mm | +90 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 47 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 40 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 9.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 82 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Molėtai?
Molėtai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 706 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Molėtai?
The hottest day measured in Molėtai between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2002, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Molėtai?
The coldest day measured in Molėtai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -36.1 °C.
Does it snow in Molėtai?
Yes. Molėtai gets on average 104.5 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Molėtai warmed?
Yes: Molėtai warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Molėtai?
The wettest day measured in Molėtai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1945, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Molėtai?
The windiest day measured in Molėtai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Molėtai?
The warmest month in Molėtai is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Molėtai?
Molėtai receives on average 706 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Molėtai?
Molėtai gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Molėtai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Molėtai between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1950, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Molėtai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Molėtai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Molėtai?
In Molėtai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.1 °C on 16 January 1940.
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