2. Climate Zone
Poland lies in temperate climate zone. We
have got four seasons: spring, summer,
autumn and winter. It’s the most diverse
climate zone in the world.
3. Spring
Spring is a season between 21st of March and 22nd
of June. Average daily temperature is from 5°C to
15°C. There’s moderate amount of rainfall.
4. Summer
In summer average daily temperature is the
highest in the year. That season starts on 21st
of June and ends on 23rd of September. Day is
longer than night.
5. Autumn
Autumn starts on the 23rd of September and
ends on the 22nd of December. Daily average
temperature is between 5°C and 15°C. Nights
becomes longer than days.
6. Winter
The coldest season in the year. Temperatures
are usually under 0°C. It starts on the 22nd of
December and ends on the 21st of March.
Nights are much longer than days. There’s a
lot of snow.
7. What creates our climate?
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The shape of our country
The Baltic sea
The height above sea level
Industry
8. The shape
Poland and the rest of Europe mostly consists
of lowlands. Because of this air mass can
easily move to us from the Atlantic Ocean.
10. Higher = colder
Every 100m. over the sea level temperature
decreases by 0,6°C. Because of this there’s
colder in the moutains than in for example in
Warsaw.
11. Industry
In many cities there’s a little bit warmer
because of factories. The most industrial
region of Poland is Śląsk.
12. Wiżajny – polish North Pole
Wiżajny is a town near Suwałki. Winter in this
place is twice longer than in the rest of Poland.
A temperature in winter falls to -20°C!
13. It was very hot…
29.07.1921 – in Prószków near Opole was
noted the highest temperature in Poland:
40,2°C in the shadow! Like in Egypt…
14. … cold …
On09.02.1929 in Olecko (N-E Poland) was
noted the lowest tempertaure. It was -42°C!
15. In 1974 near Śnieżka there was a fog for 338
days. It was hard time for tourists…
16. … and stormy
In 1963 there were over 50 days with storms
at Kasprowy Wierch!
