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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Polotsk
Polotsk climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May · Jul–Aug
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation732 mm162 wet days a year
55.49° N, 28.79° EElevation 126 mUTC+3 · Moscow Standard Time
When to goPolotsk · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul–Aug
October: high / low10° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Polotsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 732 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (85 mm, 18 wet days) and April the driest (39 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 69% in December.
Compared with Minsk, the capital, Polotsk is 0.3° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -7° · February
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 27 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 07 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -2° | -1° | 4° | 12° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 23° | 17° | 10° | 3° | -1° |
| Average low | -7° | -7° | -3° | 2° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 8° | 3° | -1° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 49 mm | 44 mm | 43 mm | 39 mm | 62 mm | 95 mm | 85 mm | 72 mm | 71 mm | 65 mm | 53 mm | 54 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.3 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 62% | 52% | 43% | 36% | 38% | 35% | 36% | 44% | 52% | 67% | 69% |
| Daylight | 7h 41 | 9h 39 | 11h 46 | 14h 07 | 16h 12 | 17h 27 | 16h 56 | 15h 05 | 12h 48 | 10h 33 | 8h 22 | 7h 07 |
| Month score | 10 | 18 | 21 | 40 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 17 | 10 | 9 |
ivMonth by month
Polotsk in every month
January10
-2° / -7°
49 mm · 14.3 wet days
February18
-1° / -7°
44 mm · 11.4 wet days
March21
4° / -3°
43 mm · 11.7 wet days
April40
12° / 2°
39 mm · 10.8 wet days
May65
19° / 7°
62 mm · 13.9 wet days
June64
22° / 11°
95 mm · 15.4 wet days
July65
24° / 13°
85 mm · 17.9 wet days
August65
23° / 12°
72 mm · 13.9 wet days
September64
17° / 8°
71 mm · 11.2 wet days
October17
10° / 3°
65 mm · 13.7 wet days
November10
3° / -1°
53 mm · 13.8 wet days
December9
-1° / -5°
54 mm · 13.9 wet days