Lučenec climate — normals and trends
Lučenec (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 660 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Lučenec averages 108 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Lučenec has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 20 July 2007) and the coldest -28.8 °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
LučenecBanská Bystrica Region
- coords
- 48.33°, 19.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
660mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
37.4 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
22 June 1999
Windiest day
39.6 km/h
11 April 1997
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.7 cm
15 January 1987
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 | 3.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 24 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 21 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 75 mm | +34 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 46 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | -1.6 °C | 55 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 12 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 82 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 69 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 74 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 52 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 95 mm | +39 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 11 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lučenec?
Lučenec has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 660 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lučenec?
The hottest day measured in Lučenec between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lučenec?
The coldest day measured in Lučenec between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Lučenec?
Yes. Lučenec gets on average 56.4 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Lučenec warmed?
Yes: Lučenec warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lučenec?
The wettest day measured in Lučenec between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1999, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lučenec?
The windiest day measured in Lučenec between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1997, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lučenec?
The warmest month in Lučenec is July (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Lučenec?
Lučenec receives on average 660 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lučenec?
Lučenec gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lučenec?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lučenec between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1987, with 14.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lučenec?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lučenec.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lučenec?
In Lučenec, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 21 January 1940.
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