Szczecinek climate — normals and trends
Szczecinek (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 688 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 (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Szczecinek averages 100 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Szczecinek 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 121 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 10 August 1992) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 1 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
SzczecinekWest Pomerania
- coords
- 53.71°, 16.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
688mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.7 cm
Average feels-like high
7.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
35.6 °C
10 August 1992
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
69 mm
13 July 2024
Windiest day
55.2 km/h
2 November 1981
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
2 March 1956
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
11 July 1959
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
1 May 1985
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 85 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 22 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 16 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 24 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 14.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 56 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 82 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 140 mm | +50 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 51 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 47 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 80 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 33 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 16 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Szczecinek?
Szczecinek has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 688 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Szczecinek?
The hottest day measured in Szczecinek between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1992, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Szczecinek?
The coldest day measured in Szczecinek between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Szczecinek?
Yes. Szczecinek gets on average 64.7 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Szczecinek warmed?
Yes: Szczecinek warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Szczecinek?
The wettest day measured in Szczecinek between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2024, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Szczecinek?
The windiest day measured in Szczecinek between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1981, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Szczecinek?
The warmest month in Szczecinek is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Szczecinek?
Szczecinek receives on average 688 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Szczecinek?
Szczecinek gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Szczecinek?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Szczecinek between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1985, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Szczecinek?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Szczecinek.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Szczecinek?
In Szczecinek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 11 July 1959, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 1 February 1956.
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