One of the famous European countries famous for its sights is Poland. Access to the Baltic Sea has a significant impact on the formation of the climate of Poland.
General characteristics and interesting facts
The Republic of Poland is located in the temperate climatic zone. The climate is gradually changing from marine to continental. Numerous air masses pass over the territory of the country. As a result, the weather is very variable, the climate is quite diverse. This creates some difficulties in predicting further weather. Due to the collision of air masses and atmospheric differences in different years, it can be different. The country's topography, which accelerates the movement of air over the territory, also plays an important role in shaping the climate of Poland.
Not the last place in the list of influencing factors is the geographic location of the state, which is characterized by a significant distance from large bodies of water, as well as neighboring vast territories. Air masses coming from the Black and Mediterranean Seas also have an effect.
In Poland, there are unusual rainfall. A fact is known in history when, in 1901, a dark brown rain fell from a cloud that came from the Sahara. And after seventy years, part of the country was covered with orange snow for the same reason.
The climate of Poland is so changeable that in the twelfth century grapes were grown on plantations here.
Climate change throughout the year
The weather conditions of the territory can change not only over several years, but even over one year. Let us examine in more detail the climate of Poland for months.
Winters are mostly wet and mild, and summers are warm. In summer, temperatures range from +16 in coastal areas to +19 in the south of the country, with an average temperature of eighteen degrees. In January, average temperatures range from -1 on the coast and -4 in the northeast.
In February, the temperature is up to -3 degrees. Starting in the spring months, it rises and in March is +2. In April it reaches eight degrees of heat, and in May - fourteen. In the summer, as mentioned above, it rises no higher than nineteen degrees. In June - seventeen, in July - nineteen, in August - eighteen. In September, it decreases again to fourteen, in October - to eight, and in November - only three degrees of heat. In December, it drops to -1.
Regional climate
Weather changes not only by months. Below we consider the climate of Poland by region.
In total, six climatic regions are distinguished in Poland:
- The mountain systems of the Sudetenland and the Carpathians are characterized by a large amount of snow and sunny winter.
- A feature of the Slenka lowland and the Subcarpathian valley are warm summers and long vegetation periods. Frosty winters in the valley, and mild in the lowlands.
- The Lubelskaya, Lesser Poland plains and Roztoce are characterized by cold winters and warm summers.
- The Masovian and Velkopol Lowlands are characterized by mild winters.
- Priozerye - here the weather is colder than in any other regions.
- The Baltic coast is characterized by cool spring and warm autumn.
Based on the foregoing, we can say that the climate of Poland, although generally moderate, is quite variable throughout the whole country.