Vrutok climate — normals and trends
Vrutok (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 950 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Vrutok averages 131 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Vrutok has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 147 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -33.8 °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
VrutokGostivar
- coords
- 41.77°, 20.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
950mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
207.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °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
33.4 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-33.8 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
66 mm
1 December 2017
Windiest day
21.8 km/h
20 August 1945
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
23 February 1999
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-38.4 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
34.2 cm
4 February 1998
Sunniest day
14.9 h
6 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 97 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -49 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 107 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 12.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 131 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 110 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 23 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 26.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 14 mm | -41 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 47 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 48 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -2.1 °C | 154 mm | +78 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 211 mm | +112 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 39 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vrutok?
Vrutok has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 950 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vrutok?
The hottest day measured in Vrutok between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vrutok?
The coldest day measured in Vrutok between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -33.8 °C.
Does it snow in Vrutok?
Yes. Vrutok gets on average 207.5 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Vrutok warmed?
Yes: Vrutok warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vrutok?
The wettest day measured in Vrutok between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2017, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vrutok?
The windiest day measured in Vrutok between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vrutok?
The warmest month in Vrutok is August (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Vrutok?
Vrutok receives on average 950 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vrutok?
Vrutok gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vrutok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vrutok between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1998, with 34.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vrutok?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vrutok.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vrutok?
In Vrutok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -38.4 °C on 30 December 1941.
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