Kriva Palanka climate — normals and trends
Kriva Palanka (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 668 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kriva Palanka averages 104 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Kriva Palanka has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 123 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 24 January 1942).
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
Kriva PalankaKriva Palanka
- coords
- 42.20°, 22.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
668mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
38.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
81 mm
24 July 1976
Windiest day
31.8 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.8 cm
15 February 1991
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 29 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 91 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 95 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 85 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 9 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 13 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 63 mm | +22 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -2.8 °C | 122 mm | +75 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 135 mm | +77 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 38 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kriva Palanka?
Kriva Palanka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kriva Palanka?
The hottest day measured in Kriva Palanka between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kriva Palanka?
The coldest day measured in Kriva Palanka between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kriva Palanka?
Yes. Kriva Palanka gets on average 88.6 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Kriva Palanka warmed?
Yes: Kriva Palanka warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kriva Palanka?
The wettest day measured in Kriva Palanka between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1976, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kriva Palanka?
The windiest day measured in Kriva Palanka between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 31.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kriva Palanka?
The warmest month in Kriva Palanka is August (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kriva Palanka?
Kriva Palanka receives on average 668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kriva Palanka?
Kriva Palanka 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 Kriva Palanka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kriva Palanka between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1991, with 26.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kriva Palanka?
Yes: Kriva Palanka has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kriva Palanka?
In Kriva Palanka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 26 July 2025, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 24 January 1942.
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