Šalčininkai climate — normals and trends
Šalčininkai (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 708 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 (-5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Šalčininkai averages 131 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Šalčininkai has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 151 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 10 August 1992) and the coldest -34.4 °C (on 17 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
ŠalčininkaiVilnius
- coords
- 54.31°, 25.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
708mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
101.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
34.1 °C
10 August 1992
Coldest day
-34.4 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
66 mm
21 June 2022
Windiest day
55.6 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
29 July 2024
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-39.8 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
26 January 2021
Sunniest day
16.4 h
27 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 42 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +6.8 °C | 38 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 25 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | -2.8 °C | 107 mm | +39 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 103 mm | +26 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 207 mm | +116 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 51 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 37 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 57 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Šalčininkai?
Šalčininkai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Šalčininkai?
The hottest day measured in Šalčininkai between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1992, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Šalčininkai?
The coldest day measured in Šalčininkai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -34.4 °C.
Does it snow in Šalčininkai?
Yes. Šalčininkai gets on average 101.1 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Šalčininkai warmed?
Yes: Šalčininkai warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Šalčininkai?
The wettest day measured in Šalčininkai between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 2022, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Šalčininkai?
The windiest day measured in Šalčininkai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Šalčininkai?
The warmest month in Šalčininkai is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Šalčininkai?
Šalčininkai receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Šalčininkai?
Šalčininkai 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 Šalčininkai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Šalčininkai between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2021, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Šalčininkai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Šalčininkai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Šalčininkai?
In Šalčininkai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -39.8 °C on 17 January 1940.
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