Gelnica climate — normals and trends
Gelnica (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 782 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gelnica averages 129 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Gelnica 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 148 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 8 July 2015) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 21 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
GelnicaKošice Region
- coords
- 48.86°, 20.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.4°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
782mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
34.1 °C
8 July 2015
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
69 mm
5 August 2001
Windiest day
38.9 km/h
7 May 1987
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
28 March 1993
Sunniest day
15.1 h
4 July 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 26 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 71 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 39 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 15.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 107 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 53 mm | -53 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 158 mm | +47 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 62 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 96 mm | +35 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 61 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 107 mm | +57 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 7 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gelnica?
Gelnica has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 782 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gelnica?
The hottest day measured in Gelnica between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2015, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gelnica?
The coldest day measured in Gelnica between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Gelnica?
Yes. Gelnica gets on average 77.8 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Gelnica warmed?
Yes: Gelnica warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gelnica?
The wettest day measured in Gelnica between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2001, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gelnica?
The windiest day measured in Gelnica between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1987, with winds reaching 38.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gelnica?
The warmest month in Gelnica is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Gelnica?
Gelnica receives on average 782 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gelnica?
Gelnica gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gelnica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gelnica between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1993, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gelnica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gelnica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gelnica?
In Gelnica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 21 January 1940.
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