1. Polish climate

2. General Facts
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Poland has a moderate climate with both maritime and continental
elements.
The weather tends to be capricious and the seasons may look quite
different in consecutive years.
Poland's climate is strongly influenced by the lowland topography

3. Seasons
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We have got 4 typical European seasons – spring, summer, autumn
and winter.
We also have early spring and early winter.

4. Winds
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The winds in Poland are typically weak to moderate, their speed
ranging from 2 to 10 m/s.
We also have got local winds - sea breeze and halny
Halny – a strong wind which blows in the moutains
Sea breeze – an invigorating wind which occurs during the day
and is felt about 10km inland.

5. Stanisław Witkiewicz – Wiatr halny

7. Cloudiness
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The number of cloudy days is between 60% and 70%
The most cloudy regions are the lake discrits in the north and the
Sudets
The least cloudy regions are Wielkopolska and the Silesian
Lowland
The average number of cloudy days a year, with the sky more than
80% overcast, is 120-160
The average number of sunny days a year, with the cloudiness
below 20%, is 30-50

8. Percipitation
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The average annually rainfall is estimated at 700mm
The heaviest precipitation in Poland was recorded in June 1973 in
the Tatra's

9. Temperature
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The average annually temperature is about 6-8 degrees
Celsius
Hot days, when the temperature exceeds 25 degrees
Celsius, occur from May to September.
Cold days, when the temperature is below zero, occur
from November to March.

10. Worth to know
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-40.6 degrees in Siedlce recorded in 1940
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+40.2 degrees in Pruszków near Opole in 1921
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A curious phenomenon known as temperature inversion occurs in
winter in the mountains.
Poland was the worst affected country during 2010 Central
European floods