Szamotuły climate — normals and trends
Szamotuły (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 615 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Szamotuły averages 89 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Szamotuły 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 107 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 30 June 2019) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 14 January 1987).
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
SzamotułyGreater Poland
- coords
- 52.61°, 16.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
615mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
89 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 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
37.5 °C
30 June 2019
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
14 January 1987
Wettest day
71 mm
24 July 2010
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
24 November 1984
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
13 November 1972
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
11 July 1959
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
14 January 1987
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
3 March 1965
Sunniest day
16.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 58 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 24 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 17 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 60 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 58 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 96 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 88 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 71 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 37 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Szamotuły?
Szamotuły has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 615 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Szamotuły?
The hottest day measured in Szamotuły between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2019, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Szamotuły?
The coldest day measured in Szamotuły between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Szamotuły?
Yes. Szamotuły gets on average 45.2 cm of snow per year and has around 89 frost days.
Has the climate of Szamotuły warmed?
Yes: Szamotuły warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Szamotuły?
The wettest day measured in Szamotuły between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2010, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Szamotuły?
The windiest day measured in Szamotuły between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1984, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Szamotuły?
The warmest month in Szamotuły is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Szamotuły?
Szamotuły receives on average 615 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Szamotuły?
Szamotuły 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 Szamotuły?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Szamotuły between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1965, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Szamotuły?
Yes: Szamotuły has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Szamotuły?
In Szamotuły, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 11 July 1959, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 14 January 1987.
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