Svidník climate — normals and trends
Svidník (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 760 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Svidník averages 120 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Svidník has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 141 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 8 August 2013) 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
SvidníkPrešov Region
- coords
- 49.31°, 21.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
760mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °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
35.4 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
30 June 1973
Windiest day
39.3 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
11 December 2022
Sunniest day
15.1 h
26 June 1944
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 | +5.1 °C | 36 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 40 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 114 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 36 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 138 mm | +35 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 55 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 73 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 73 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 99 mm | +49 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svidník?
Svidník has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 760 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svidník?
The hottest day measured in Svidník between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svidník?
The coldest day measured in Svidník between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Svidník?
Yes. Svidník gets on average 92.5 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Svidník warmed?
Yes: Svidník warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svidník?
The wettest day measured in Svidník between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1973, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svidník?
The windiest day measured in Svidník between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 39.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svidník?
The warmest month in Svidník is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Svidník?
Svidník receives on average 760 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svidník?
Svidník gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Svidník?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svidník between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2022, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svidník?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Svidník.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svidník?
In Svidník, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 21 January 1940.
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