Skalité climate — normals and trends
Skalité (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,124 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 (16.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Skalité averages 133 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Skalité 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 155 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -31.0 °C (on 1 February 1956).
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
SkalitéŽilina Region
- coords
- 49.50°, 18.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,124mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
133 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
182.9 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 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
33.5 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-31.0 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
94 mm
16 July 1957
Windiest day
37.6 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-36.4 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
14 October 2009
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 | 3.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 62 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 27 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +5.2 °C | 67 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 52 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 117 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 21.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 109 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 217 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 22.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 84 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 121 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 104 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 6.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 103 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Skalité?
Skalité has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,124 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Skalité?
The hottest day measured in Skalité between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Skalité?
The coldest day measured in Skalité between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -31.0 °C.
Does it snow in Skalité?
Yes. Skalité gets on average 182.9 cm of snow per year and has around 133 frost days.
Has the climate of Skalité warmed?
Yes: Skalité warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Skalité?
The wettest day measured in Skalité between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1957, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Skalité?
The windiest day measured in Skalité between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Skalité?
The warmest month in Skalité is July (16.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Skalité?
Skalité receives on average 1,124 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Skalité?
Skalité gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Skalité?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Skalité between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2009, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Skalité?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Skalité.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Skalité?
In Skalité, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -36.4 °C on 1 February 1956.
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