Medzilaborce climate — normals and trends
Medzilaborce (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 904 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Medzilaborce averages 122 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.
Medzilaborce 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 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 1 July 2022) and the coldest -29.5 °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
MedzilaborcePrešov Region
- coords
- 49.27°, 21.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
904mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
157 d/yr
Annual snowfall
128.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
1 July 2022
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
83 mm
30 June 1973
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
19 April 1999
Sunniest day
15.1 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 | 2.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 56 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +5.4 °C | 55 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 55 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | -2.4 °C | 127 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 50 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 162 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 53 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 84 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 81 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 106 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 25 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Medzilaborce?
Medzilaborce has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 904 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Medzilaborce?
The hottest day measured in Medzilaborce between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2022, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Medzilaborce?
The coldest day measured in Medzilaborce between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Medzilaborce?
Yes. Medzilaborce gets on average 128.7 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Medzilaborce warmed?
Yes: Medzilaborce warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Medzilaborce?
The wettest day measured in Medzilaborce between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1973, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Medzilaborce?
The windiest day measured in Medzilaborce between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Medzilaborce?
The warmest month in Medzilaborce is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Medzilaborce?
Medzilaborce receives on average 904 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Medzilaborce?
Medzilaborce 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 Medzilaborce?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Medzilaborce between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1999, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Medzilaborce?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Medzilaborce.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Medzilaborce?
In Medzilaborce, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 11 January 1940.
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