Starachowice climate — normals and trends
Starachowice (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 699 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Starachowice averages 108 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Starachowice has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 127 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 1 July 2019) and the coldest -29.8 °C (on 10 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
StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie
- coords
- 51.04°, 21.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
699mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 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 = 0.48 · 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
35.7 °C
1 July 2019
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
75 mm
12 August 1949
Windiest day
52.2 km/h
19 January 2007
Strongest gust
117.7 km/h
20 January 1986
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
30 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.4 h
29 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 54 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 47 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 39 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 85 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 79 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 136 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 77 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 65 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 6.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 70 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 20 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Starachowice?
Starachowice has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 699 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Starachowice?
The hottest day measured in Starachowice between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2019, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Starachowice?
The coldest day measured in Starachowice between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Starachowice?
Yes. Starachowice gets on average 75.1 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Starachowice warmed?
Yes: Starachowice warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Starachowice?
The wettest day measured in Starachowice between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1949, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Starachowice?
The windiest day measured in Starachowice between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 2007, with winds reaching 52.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Starachowice?
The warmest month in Starachowice is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Starachowice?
Starachowice receives on average 699 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Starachowice?
Starachowice 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 Starachowice?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Starachowice between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1979, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Starachowice?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Starachowice.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Starachowice?
In Starachowice, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 8 August 2013, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 11 January 1940.
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