Wapienica climate — normals and trends
Wapienica (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 1,068 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wapienica averages 114 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.
Wapienica has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -28.9 °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
WapienicaSilesia
- coords
- 49.82°, 18.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.4°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,068mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
171 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 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
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
34.7 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
84 mm
8 July 1997
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
2 March 1956
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
3 April 1970
Sunniest day
15.5 h
2 July 2025
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 | +5.1 °C | 62 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 61 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 52 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 14.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 108 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 111 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 215 mm | +75 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 66 mm | -48 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 123 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 110 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wapienica?
Wapienica has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 1,068 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wapienica?
The hottest day measured in Wapienica between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wapienica?
The coldest day measured in Wapienica between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Wapienica?
Yes. Wapienica gets on average 145.8 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Wapienica warmed?
Yes: Wapienica warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wapienica?
The wettest day measured in Wapienica between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1997, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wapienica?
The windiest day measured in Wapienica between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1956, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wapienica?
The warmest month in Wapienica is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Wapienica?
Wapienica receives on average 1,068 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wapienica?
Wapienica 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 Wapienica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wapienica between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1970, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wapienica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wapienica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wapienica?
In Wapienica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 11 January 1940.
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