1. Maciej Sudoł
THE CLIMATE OF POLAND

2. CHARACTERISTICS
maritime
continental
 factors which
determine the
climate:
• geographical
location
• landscape
 transitional character
 different air masses
clash over the area
of the country which
is the result of:
• its position in the
center of Europe
• latitudinal position
of geographical
regions

3. CLOUDINESS
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visible effect
of air masses above
Poland
cloudy days
60% 70%
the most cloudy
regions:
• the lake districts in
the north
• the Sudetes
the least cloudy:
• Wielkopolska
• the Silesian
Lowland

4. PRECIPITATION
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the highest –
western slopes
of mountains and hills
the lowest –
in the eastern parts
of Wielkopolska
and in Kujawy
the maximum –
in summer

5. PRECIPITATION
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the highest number
of days with snowfalls
– in the mountains
the lowest number
of days with snowfalls
– in the western part
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extraordinary precipitation:
 black–brown rain in 1901
 orange snow in Zakopane in 1972

6. WINDS
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60% of winds are from the West
the wind pattern is not the same throughout the year
• summer – mainly westerly
• winter – easterly winds prevail
• transitory seasons – both winds occur with the same
frequency

7. WINDS
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speed 2 10 m/s
storms – strong winds
at the seaside
halny – a strong wind in
the Tatras
hurricanes are unusual

8. TEMPERATURE
hottest part –
Silesian Lowland
 the coldest part – Suwalszczyzna
 the lowest temperature ever recorded
in Poland:
• –40 C in Siedlce in 1940
• –40.6 C in Żywiec in 1929
+40,2 C
 the highest temperature ever recorded
–
in Poland:
40,6 C
• 40.2 C near Opole in 1921
 the
– 40 C

9. SIX SEASONS
early spring
spring
summer
autumn
early winter
winter

10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION