Czech Republic Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Climate === [[File:Koppen-Geiger Map CZE present.svg|thumb|[[Köppen climate classification]] types of the Czech Republic using the 0 °C isotherm {{legend|#3dc6fa|[[Humid continental climate]]}} {{legend|#007e7e|[[Subarctic climate]]}}]] [[File:Czech Republic Köppen.svg|thumb|Köppen climate classification types of the Czech Republic using the −3 °C isotherm {{legend|#3dc6fa|[[Humid continental climate]]}} {{legend|#63fd32|[[Oceanic climate]]}} {{legend|#007e7e|[[Subarctic climate]]}}]] The Czech Republic has a temperate climate, situated in the transition zone between the [[oceanic climate|oceanic]] and [[continental climate]] types, with warm summers and cold, cloudy and snowy winters. The temperature difference between summer and winter is due to the landlocked geographical position.<ref>R. Tolasz, ''Climate Atlas of the Czech Republic'', Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, 2007. {{ISBN|80-244-1626-3}}, graphs 1.5 and 1.6</ref> Temperatures vary depending on the elevation. In general, at higher altitudes, the temperatures decrease and [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] increases. The wettest area in the Czech Republic is found around [[Bílý Potok (Liberec District)|Bílý Potok]] in [[Jizera Mountains]] and the driest region is the [[Louny District]] to the northwest of [[Prague]]. Another factor is the distribution of the mountains. At the highest peak of [[Sněžka]] ({{convert|1603|m|ft|abbr=on|0|disp=or}}), the average temperature is {{convert|-0.4|C|F|0}}, whereas in the lowlands of the [[South Moravian Region]], the average temperature is as high as {{convert|10|C|F}}. The country's capital, Prague, has a similar average temperature, although this is influenced by urban factors. The coldest month is usually January, followed by February and December. During these months, there is [[snow]] in the mountains and sometimes in the cities and lowlands. During March, April, and May, the temperature usually increases, especially during April, when the temperature and weather tends to vary during the day. Spring is also characterized by higher water levels in the rivers, due to melting snow with occasional flooding. The warmest month of the year is July, followed by August and June. On average, summer temperatures are about {{convert|20|-|30|C-change|F-change}} higher than during winter. Summer is also characterized by rain and storms. Autumn generally begins in September, which is still warm and dry. During October, temperatures usually fall below {{convert|15|C|F}} or {{convert|10|C|F}} and [[deciduous]] trees begin to shed their leaves. By the end of November, temperatures usually range around the freezing point. The coldest temperature ever measured was in [[Litvínovice]] near [[České Budějovice]] in 1929, at {{convert|-42.2|C|F}} and the hottest measured, was at {{convert|40.4|C|F}} in [[Dobřichovice]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Czech absolute record temperature registered near Prague|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-absolute-record-temperature-registered-near-prague/830626|work=České noviny|publisher=ČTK|access-date=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025034545/http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-absolute-record-temperature-registered-near-prague/830626|archive-date=25 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Most [[rain]] falls during the summer. Sporadic rainfall is throughout the year (in Prague, the average number of days per month experiencing at least {{convert|0.1|mm|abbr=on}} of rain varies from 12 in September and October to 16 in November) but concentrated rainfall (days with more than {{convert|10|mm|abbr=on}} per day) are more frequent in the months of May to August (average around two such days per month).<ref>R. Tolasz, ''Climate Atlas of the Czech Republic'', Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, 2007. {{ISBN|80-244-1626-3}}, graph 2.9.</ref> Severe [[thunderstorm]]s, producing damaging straight-line winds, [[hail]], and occasional [[tornado]]es occur, especially during the summer period.<ref>{{cite journal |last = Brázdil |first = Rudolf |display-authors=etal |title = Spatiotemporal variability of tornadoes in the Czech Lands, 1801–2017 |journal = Theor. Appl. Climatol. |volume = 136 |issue = 3–4 |pages = 1233–1248 |date = 2019 |doi = 10.1007/s00704-018-2553-y |bibcode = 2019ThApC.136.1233B |s2cid = 126348854 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last = Antonescu |first = Bogdan |author2 = D. M. Schultz |author3 = F. Lomas |title = Tornadoes in Europe: Synthesis of the Observational Datasets |journal = Mon. Wea. Rev. |volume = 144 |issue = 7 |pages = 2445–2480 |date = 2016 |doi = 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0298.1 |bibcode = 2016MWRv..144.2445A |doi-access = free}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page