Debar climate — normals and trends
Debar (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,113 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 August (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Debar averages 114 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Debar has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 5 August 2017) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
DebarDebar
- coords
- 41.52°, 20.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,113mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
217.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
5 August 2017
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
79 mm
1 December 2017
Windiest day
20.9 km/h
20 August 1945
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
21 January 1945
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
34.9 cm
4 February 1998
Sunniest day
14.9 h
12 June 1942
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 | 6.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 112 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 34 mm | -71 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 137 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 109 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 132 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 12 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 15 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 57 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 59 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 193 mm | +95 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 324 mm | +191 mm |
| Dec | 6.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 38 mm | -88 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Debar?
Debar has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 1,113 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Debar?
The hottest day measured in Debar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2017, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Debar?
The coldest day measured in Debar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Debar?
Yes. Debar gets on average 217.5 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Debar warmed?
Yes: Debar warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Debar?
The wettest day measured in Debar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2017, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Debar?
The windiest day measured in Debar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, with winds reaching 20.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Debar?
The warmest month in Debar is August (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Debar?
Debar receives on average 1,113 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Debar?
Debar gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Debar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Debar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1998, with 34.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Debar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Debar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Debar?
In Debar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 30 December 1941.
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