Prudnik climate — normals and trends
Prudnik (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 873 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Prudnik averages 108 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Prudnik 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 128 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 28 July 2013) 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
PrudnikOpole Voivodeship
- coords
- 50.32°, 17.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
873mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
34.0 °C
28 July 2013
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
98 mm
14 September 2024
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
17 March 1947
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.5 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
9 April 1977
Sunniest day
16.0 h
27 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 42 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 15 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 49 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 43 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | -1.7 °C | 82 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 74 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 251 mm | +124 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 53 mm | -51 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 121 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 58 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 80 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prudnik?
Prudnik has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 873 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prudnik?
The hottest day measured in Prudnik between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2013, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prudnik?
The coldest day measured in Prudnik between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Prudnik?
Yes. Prudnik gets on average 104.5 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Prudnik warmed?
Yes: Prudnik warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prudnik?
The wettest day measured in Prudnik between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2024, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prudnik?
The windiest day measured in Prudnik between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1947, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prudnik?
The warmest month in Prudnik is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Prudnik?
Prudnik receives on average 873 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prudnik?
Prudnik 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 Prudnik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prudnik between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1977, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prudnik?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Prudnik.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prudnik?
In Prudnik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.5 °C on 9 February 1956.
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