Nowa Ruda climate — normals and trends
Nowa Ruda (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 727 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nowa Ruda averages 114 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Nowa Ruda has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 10 August 1992) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 9 February 1956).
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
Nowa RudaLower Silesia
- coords
- 50.58°, 16.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
34.3 °C
10 August 1992
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
60 mm
7 July 1997
Windiest day
45.6 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
27 October 2012
Sunniest day
16.0 h
20 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 39 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 73 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 53 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 130 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 56 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 86 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 53 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 5.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 58 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 20 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nowa Ruda?
Nowa Ruda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nowa Ruda?
The hottest day measured in Nowa Ruda between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1992, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nowa Ruda?
The coldest day measured in Nowa Ruda between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Nowa Ruda?
Yes. Nowa Ruda gets on average 91.2 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Nowa Ruda warmed?
Yes: Nowa Ruda warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nowa Ruda?
The wettest day measured in Nowa Ruda between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1997, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nowa Ruda?
The windiest day measured in Nowa Ruda between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nowa Ruda?
The warmest month in Nowa Ruda is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Nowa Ruda?
Nowa Ruda receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nowa Ruda?
Nowa Ruda gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nowa Ruda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nowa Ruda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2012, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nowa Ruda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nowa Ruda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nowa Ruda?
In Nowa Ruda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 9 February 1956.
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