Zajas climate — normals and trends
Zajas (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 700 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zajas averages 117 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Zajas has warmed by +2.1 °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 134 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -33.5 °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
ZajasKichevo
- coords
- 41.61°, 20.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
700mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
35.7 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-33.5 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
48 mm
1 December 2017
Windiest day
22.3 km/h
5 April 2000
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
26 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-38.3 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
30.1 cm
15 November 1981
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 | 6.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 72 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 5.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 92 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 106 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 88 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 11 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 28.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 31 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | -2.0 °C | 116 mm | +57 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 163 mm | +86 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 43 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zajas?
Zajas has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zajas?
The hottest day measured in Zajas between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zajas?
The coldest day measured in Zajas between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -33.5 °C.
Does it snow in Zajas?
Yes. Zajas gets on average 125.9 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Zajas warmed?
Yes: Zajas warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zajas?
The wettest day measured in Zajas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2017, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zajas?
The windiest day measured in Zajas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 2000, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zajas?
The warmest month in Zajas is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Zajas?
Zajas receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zajas?
Zajas gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zajas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zajas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1981, with 30.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zajas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zajas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zajas?
In Zajas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -38.3 °C on 30 December 1941.
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