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Has the climate in Szombathely changed?

Szombathely has warmed about 4.7°F since 1971.

About 0.9°F per decade, measured from Szombathely's official daily weather records, 1971–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Szombathely's warming is broadly in line with other cities in Hungary — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
20 fewer nights
1970s
107 / yr
Recent
87 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+3.4°F
1970s
49.3°F
Recent
52.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
12 more days
1970s
2 / yr
Recent
14 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
6 fewer days
1970s
122 / yr
Recent
116 / yr
Drier on average

Szombathely's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2025.

46°48°50°52°54°56°1971: 49.3°F1972: 48.8°F1973: 49.3°F1974: 50.5°F1975: 50.2°F1976: 48.9°F1977: 50.1°F1978: 47.7°F1979: 49.1°F1980: 47.6°F1981: 49.9°F1982: 49.9°F1983: 51.2°F1984: 49.0°F1985: 48.4°F1986: 48.9°F1987: 48.6°F1988: 50.1°F1989: 50.9°F1990: 51.0°F1991: 49.1°F1992: 51.9°F1993: 50.3°F1994: 52.5°F1995: 50.3°F1996: 48.1°F1997: 49.7°F1998: 50.9°F1999: 50.9°F2000: 52.7°F2001: 51.4°F2002: 47.4°F2003: 51.1°F2004: 49.6°F2005: 49.2°F2006: 50.6°F2007: 52.8°F2008: 52.6°F2009: 51.8°F2010: 50.0°F2011: 51.3°F2012: 52.4°F2013: 51.6°F2014: 53.6°F2015: 53.1°F2016: 52.1°F2017: 52.0°F2018: 53.6°F2019: 53.7°F2020: 52.8°F2021: 52.0°F2022: 53.3°F2023: 54.0°F2024: 55.1°F2025: 52.9°Flong-term trend1971198019902000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 9 fewer freezing nights a year and about 6 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°January: +1.3°F+1.3JFebruary: -0.9°F-0.9FMarch: +1.1°F+1.1MApril: +2.2°F+2.2AMay: +1.3°F+1.3MJune: +2.5°F+2.5JJuly: +2.3°F+2.3JAugust: +2.2°F+2.2ASeptember: +1.0°F+1.0SOctober: +1.3°F+1.3ONovember: +2.5°F+2.5NDecember: +0.3°F+0.3D

June has warmed the most — about 2.6°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Szombathely, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

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