Zarasai climate — normals and trends
Zarasai (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 680 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 (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zarasai averages 131 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Zarasai 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 155 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 10 August 1992) and the coldest -37.2 °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
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- coords
- 55.73°, 26.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.1°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
680mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
103.2 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 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
32.9 °C
10 August 1992
Coldest day
-37.2 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
57 mm
24 August 2017
Windiest day
49.4 km/h
14 January 1993
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
22 January 1956
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.7 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
17 March 1979
Sunniest day
16.8 h
19 June 2019
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 | +6.0 °C | 52 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 23 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 8.2 °C | +5.8 °C | 41 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 31 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 13.5 °C | -3.0 °C | 161 mm | +94 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 112 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 166 mm | +83 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 54 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 36 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 9.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 57 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 48 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 29 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zarasai?
Zarasai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 680 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zarasai?
The hottest day measured in Zarasai between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1992, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zarasai?
The coldest day measured in Zarasai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -37.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zarasai?
Yes. Zarasai gets on average 103.2 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Zarasai warmed?
Yes: Zarasai warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zarasai?
The wettest day measured in Zarasai between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2017, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zarasai?
The windiest day measured in Zarasai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1993, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zarasai?
The warmest month in Zarasai is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zarasai?
Zarasai receives on average 680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zarasai?
Zarasai 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 Zarasai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zarasai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1979, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zarasai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zarasai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zarasai?
In Zarasai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -42.7 °C on 16 January 1940.
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