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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kraków's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kraków has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Balice station 11 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Kraków has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Aug 8, 2013

That is about 22°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Kraków (typical high near 77°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Aug 8, 2013
2 97°F Aug 7, 2013
3 97°F Aug 29, 1992
❄️ Coldest night
-16°F Jan 23, 2006

About 39°F colder than a normal January night in Kraków (typical low near 23°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -16°F Jan 23, 2006
2 -13°F Dec 29, 1996
3 -11°F Jan 25, 2006
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.04 in Jun 22, 1999

More rain in a single day than Kraków usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 2.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.04 in Jun 22, 1999
2 2.83 in Jun 25, 2013
3 2.57 in Aug 1, 2016

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kraków's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 99°F is about 22°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Kraków's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 99°F and as low as −16°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Balice, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →