Kraśnik climate — normals and trends
Kraśnik (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 693 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kraśnik averages 105 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Kraśnik has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 124 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 1 July 2019) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 24 January 2006).
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
KraśnikLublin
- coords
- 50.92°, 22.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
693mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
105 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
36.8 °C
1 July 2019
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
24 January 2006
Wettest day
60 mm
1 June 1980
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
20 January 1986
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
29 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
24 January 2006
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
14 October 2009
Sunniest day
15.2 h
15 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 51 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 57 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 43 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -2.6 °C | 68 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 79 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 156 mm | +69 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 34 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 65 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 60 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 24 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kraśnik?
Kraśnik has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 693 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kraśnik?
The hottest day measured in Kraśnik between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2019, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kraśnik?
The coldest day measured in Kraśnik between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2006, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kraśnik?
Yes. Kraśnik gets on average 75.5 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.
Has the climate of Kraśnik warmed?
Yes: Kraśnik warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kraśnik?
The wettest day measured in Kraśnik between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1980, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kraśnik?
The windiest day measured in Kraśnik between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kraśnik?
The warmest month in Kraśnik is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kraśnik?
Kraśnik receives on average 693 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kraśnik?
Kraśnik gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kraśnik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kraśnik between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2009, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kraśnik?
Yes: Kraśnik has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kraśnik?
In Kraśnik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 29 July 2005, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 24 January 2006.
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