Puławy climate — normals and trends
Puławy (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 653 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Puławy averages 98 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Puławy 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 118 to 78 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 29 August 1992) and the coldest -32.5 °C (on 11 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
PuławyLublin
- coords
- 51.42°, 21.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
653mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
35.8 °C
29 August 1992
Coldest day
-32.5 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
6 August 2006
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
20 January 1986
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
11 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-37.8 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.8 cm
30 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.5 h
24 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +5.3 °C | 39 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 18 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 47 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | -2.6 °C | 70 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 77 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 124 mm | +41 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 18 mm | -51 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 65 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 57 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puławy?
Puławy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 653 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puławy?
The hottest day measured in Puławy between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1992, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puławy?
The coldest day measured in Puławy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -32.5 °C.
Does it snow in Puławy?
Yes. Puławy gets on average 66.2 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Puławy warmed?
Yes: Puławy warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puławy?
The wettest day measured in Puławy between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2006, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puławy?
The windiest day measured in Puławy between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puławy?
The warmest month in Puławy is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Puławy?
Puławy receives on average 653 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puławy?
Puławy gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puławy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puławy between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1979, with 20.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puławy?
Yes: Puławy has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puławy?
In Puławy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 11 July 2024, and the lowest was -37.8 °C on 11 January 1940.
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