Skawina climate — normals and trends
Skawina (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 816 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Skawina averages 110 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Skawina has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -29.9 °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
SkawinaLesser Poland
- coords
- 49.98°, 19.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
816mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
36.4 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
86 mm
16 July 1957
Windiest day
48.6 km/h
12 February 1962
Strongest gust
114.1 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
30 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.5 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 | 5.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 52 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +5.4 °C | 54 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 56 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 80 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 86 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 150 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 94 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 69 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 85 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 13 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Skawina?
Skawina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 816 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Skawina?
The hottest day measured in Skawina between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Skawina?
The coldest day measured in Skawina between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Skawina?
Yes. Skawina gets on average 92.9 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Skawina warmed?
Yes: Skawina warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Skawina?
The wettest day measured in Skawina between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1957, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Skawina?
The windiest day measured in Skawina between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1962, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Skawina?
The warmest month in Skawina is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Skawina?
Skawina receives on average 816 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Skawina?
Skawina gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Skawina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Skawina between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1979, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Skawina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Skawina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Skawina?
In Skawina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 11 January 1940.
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