Żory climate — normals and trends
Żory (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 845 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Żory averages 93 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Żory has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -29.2 °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
ŻorySilesia
- coords
- 50.05°, 18.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
845mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
36.4 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
73 mm
8 July 1997
Windiest day
57.3 km/h
2 March 1956
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.8 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
3 April 1970
Sunniest day
15.7 h
27 June 2019
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 | +5.3 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 50 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 34 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 82 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 74 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 173 mm | +62 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 40 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 116 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 90 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 87 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 13 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Żory?
Żory has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 845 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Żory?
The hottest day measured in Żory between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Żory?
The coldest day measured in Żory between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Żory?
Yes. Żory gets on average 84.6 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Żory warmed?
Yes: Żory warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Żory?
The wettest day measured in Żory between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1997, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Żory?
The windiest day measured in Żory between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1956, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Żory?
The warmest month in Żory is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Żory?
Żory receives on average 845 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Żory?
Żory gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Żory?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Żory between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1970, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Żory?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Żory.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Żory?
In Żory, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 11 January 1940.
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