Zelino climate — normals and trends
Zelino (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 969 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zelino averages 118 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Zelino has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -33.3 °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
ZelinoZhelino
- coords
- 41.98°, 21.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
969mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
7.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
171.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
36.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-33.3 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
56 mm
1 December 2017
Windiest day
20.1 km/h
12 February 2004
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
5 May 1954
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-38.0 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
38.1 cm
15 November 1981
Sunniest day
14.9 h
23 June 2025
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 | 4.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 72 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 27 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +5.3 °C | 98 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 132 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 100 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 29 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 20 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 67 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 161 mm | +86 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 193 mm | +104 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 40 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zelino?
Zelino has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 969 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zelino?
The hottest day measured in Zelino between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zelino?
The coldest day measured in Zelino between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -33.3 °C.
Does it snow in Zelino?
Yes. Zelino gets on average 171.7 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Zelino warmed?
Yes: Zelino warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zelino?
The wettest day measured in Zelino between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2017, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zelino?
The windiest day measured in Zelino between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2004, with winds reaching 20.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zelino?
The warmest month in Zelino is August (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Zelino?
Zelino receives on average 969 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zelino?
Zelino 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 Zelino?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zelino between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1981, with 38.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zelino?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zelino.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zelino?
In Zelino, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -38.0 °C on 30 December 1941.
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