Hnúšťa climate — normals and trends
Hnúšťa (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 664 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Hnúšťa averages 125 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Hnúšťa has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 20 July 2007) and the coldest -28.7 °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
HnúšťaBanská Bystrica Region
- coords
- 48.57°, 19.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
664mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
125 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
35.8 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
5 October 1963
Windiest day
32.6 km/h
15 May 2014
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.0 cm
30 November 2017
Sunniest day
15.1 h
5 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 35 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 22 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 79 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 38 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 58 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 12 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 88 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 73 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 79 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 61 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 109 mm | +49 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 13 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hnúšťa?
Hnúšťa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hnúšťa?
The hottest day measured in Hnúšťa between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hnúšťa?
The coldest day measured in Hnúšťa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Hnúšťa?
Yes. Hnúšťa gets on average 70.5 cm of snow per year and has around 125 frost days.
Has the climate of Hnúšťa warmed?
Yes: Hnúšťa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hnúšťa?
The wettest day measured in Hnúšťa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1963, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hnúšťa?
The windiest day measured in Hnúšťa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2014, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hnúšťa?
The warmest month in Hnúšťa is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Hnúšťa?
Hnúšťa receives on average 664 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hnúšťa?
Hnúšťa gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hnúšťa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hnúšťa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2017, with 14.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hnúšťa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hnúšťa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hnúšťa?
In Hnúšťa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 21 January 1940.
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