Wołów climate — normals and trends
Wołów (Poland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 626 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Wołów averages 86 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Wołów has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 21 August 1943) and the coldest -31.7 °C (on 13 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
WołówLower Silesia
- coords
- 51.34°, 16.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
626mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
37.6 °C
21 August 1943
Coldest day
-31.7 °C
13 January 1987
Wettest day
84 mm
13 August 1960
Windiest day
55.1 km/h
5 October 2017
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
5 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-36.9 °C
13 January 1987
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
26 November 1969
Sunniest day
16.0 h
24 June 1994
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 46 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 14 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 30 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 32 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 71 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 54 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 100 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 50 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 72 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 64 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 55 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wołów?
Wołów has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 626 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wołów?
The hottest day measured in Wołów between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1943, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wołów?
The coldest day measured in Wołów between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, at -31.7 °C.
Does it snow in Wołów?
Yes. Wołów gets on average 46.8 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of Wołów warmed?
Yes: Wołów warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wołów?
The wettest day measured in Wołów between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1960, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wołów?
The windiest day measured in Wołów between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 2017, with winds reaching 55.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wołów?
The warmest month in Wołów is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Wołów?
Wołów receives on average 626 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wołów?
Wołów gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wołów?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wołów between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1969, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wołów?
Yes: Wołów has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wołów?
In Wołów, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 5 July 1957, and the lowest was -36.9 °C on 13 January 1987.
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