Gorlice climate — normals and trends
Gorlice (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 876 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gorlice averages 107 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Gorlice has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 129 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -30.1 °C (on 10 January 1940).
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
GorliceLesser Poland
- coords
- 49.66°, 21.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
876mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
35.5 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
16 May 2010
Windiest day
46.2 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
25 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
31 March 1984
Sunniest day
15.2 h
3 July 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 49 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 27 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 48 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 52 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 15.7 °C | -2.1 °C | 112 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 70 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 142 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 89 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 82 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 105 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 18 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gorlice?
Gorlice has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 876 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gorlice?
The hottest day measured in Gorlice between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gorlice?
The coldest day measured in Gorlice between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Gorlice?
Yes. Gorlice gets on average 107.6 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Gorlice warmed?
Yes: Gorlice warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gorlice?
The wettest day measured in Gorlice between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2010, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gorlice?
The windiest day measured in Gorlice between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 46.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gorlice?
The warmest month in Gorlice is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Gorlice?
Gorlice receives on average 876 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gorlice?
Gorlice gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gorlice?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gorlice between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1984, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gorlice?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gorlice.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gorlice?
In Gorlice, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 10 January 1940.
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