Visaginas climate — normals and trends
Visaginas (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 674 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 (-5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Visaginas averages 132 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Visaginas 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 156 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 31 July 2002) and the coldest -36.2 °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
VisaginasUtena
- coords
- 55.60°, 26.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
674mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
103.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 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
+2.8 °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
33.9 °C
31 July 2002
Coldest day
-36.2 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
29 July 1945
Windiest day
49.6 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
22 January 1956
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.7 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
27 February 1950
Sunniest day
16.6 h
30 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 53 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 24 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +6.0 °C | 42 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 31 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | -3.1 °C | 152 mm | +85 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 113 mm | +39 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 198 mm | +115 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 31 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 62 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 47 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 28 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Visaginas?
Visaginas has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 674 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Visaginas?
The hottest day measured in Visaginas between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2002, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Visaginas?
The coldest day measured in Visaginas between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -36.2 °C.
Does it snow in Visaginas?
Yes. Visaginas gets on average 103.7 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Visaginas warmed?
Yes: Visaginas warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Visaginas?
The wettest day measured in Visaginas between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1945, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Visaginas?
The windiest day measured in Visaginas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 49.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Visaginas?
The warmest month in Visaginas is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Visaginas?
Visaginas receives on average 674 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Visaginas?
Visaginas gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Visaginas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Visaginas between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1950, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Visaginas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Visaginas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Visaginas?
In Visaginas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.7 °C on 16 January 1940.
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