Šiauliai climate — normals and trends
Šiauliai (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 631 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Šiauliai averages 123 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Šiauliai has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °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 33.4 °C (on 4 August 2014) and the coldest -37.3 °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
ŠiauliaiSiauliai
- coords
- 55.93°, 23.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
631mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.3 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 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
+2.5 °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
33.4 °C
4 August 2014
Coldest day
-37.3 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
54 mm
29 July 2024
Windiest day
52.1 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.3 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
25 November 1969
Sunniest day
17.0 h
8 June 1940
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 | 3.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 75 mm | +36 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 22 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -2.3 °C | 95 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 105 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 154 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 58 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 52 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 69 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 30 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Šiauliai?
Šiauliai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 631 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Šiauliai?
The hottest day measured in Šiauliai between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2014, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Šiauliai?
The coldest day measured in Šiauliai between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -37.3 °C.
Does it snow in Šiauliai?
Yes. Šiauliai gets on average 82.3 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Šiauliai warmed?
Yes: Šiauliai warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Šiauliai?
The wettest day measured in Šiauliai between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2024, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Šiauliai?
The windiest day measured in Šiauliai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Šiauliai?
The warmest month in Šiauliai is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Šiauliai?
Šiauliai receives on average 631 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Šiauliai?
Šiauliai 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 Šiauliai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Šiauliai between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1969, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Šiauliai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Šiauliai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Šiauliai?
In Šiauliai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -42.3 °C on 1 February 1956.
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