Piechowice climate — normals and trends
Piechowice (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 1,097 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 (15.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Piechowice averages 141 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.
Piechowice 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 159 to 123 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 27 July 1983) and the coldest -29.0 °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
PiechowiceLower Silesia
- coords
- 50.85°, 15.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
9.2°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,097mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
178 d/yr
Annual snowfall
187.6 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.6 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
32.1 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
65 mm
13 August 2002
Windiest day
44.8 km/h
4 January 1976
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
22 August 1943
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
23 April 1980
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 88 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 19 mm | -53 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 44 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 58 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 98 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 100 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 20.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 150 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 103 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 98 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 8.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 110 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 59 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 38 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Piechowice?
Piechowice has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 1,097 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piechowice?
The hottest day measured in Piechowice between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Piechowice?
The coldest day measured in Piechowice between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Piechowice?
Yes. Piechowice gets on average 187.6 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Piechowice warmed?
Yes: Piechowice warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Piechowice?
The wettest day measured in Piechowice between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2002, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Piechowice?
The windiest day measured in Piechowice between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1976, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Piechowice?
The warmest month in Piechowice is July (15.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Piechowice?
Piechowice receives on average 1,097 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Piechowice?
Piechowice 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 Piechowice?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Piechowice between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1980, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Piechowice?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Piechowice.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piechowice?
In Piechowice, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 22 August 1943, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 9 February 1956.
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