Handlová climate — normals and trends
Handlová (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 852 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 (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Handlová averages 129 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Handlová 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 150 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -30.1 °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
HandlováTrenčín Region
- coords
- 48.73°, 18.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
11.3°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
852mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 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
34.7 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
59 mm
29 August 1963
Windiest day
33.5 km/h
19 March 1948
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
3 February 1985
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-34.8 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
15 February 1952
Sunniest day
15.4 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 | 2.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 40 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 24 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 74 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 63 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 15.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 84 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 46 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 148 mm | +52 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 81 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 116 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 74 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 6.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 101 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 11 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Handlová?
Handlová has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 852 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Handlová?
The hottest day measured in Handlová between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Handlová?
The coldest day measured in Handlová between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Handlová?
Yes. Handlová gets on average 113.0 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Handlová warmed?
Yes: Handlová warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Handlová?
The wettest day measured in Handlová between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1963, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Handlová?
The windiest day measured in Handlová between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1948, with winds reaching 33.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Handlová?
The warmest month in Handlová is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Handlová?
Handlová receives on average 852 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Handlová?
Handlová 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 Handlová?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Handlová between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1952, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Handlová?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Handlová.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Handlová?
In Handlová, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -34.8 °C on 21 January 1940.
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