Weather in Latvia by selected cities and towns
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center
Unit
Climate and Numerical Modelling Division
Contact person
Agate Baumane-Kuka
Position
Analyst
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Statistics on weather in Latvia and selected cities and towns include data on various meteorological indicators on monthly and annual basis, such as mean air temperature, total precipitation, average wind speed, number of days with frost.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
Meteorological parameters.
Statistical population
Meteorological parameters in the territory of Latvia.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
- Cabinet Regulation No. 675 "Procedures for Establishing and Maintaining the System for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, the Projection System, and the System for Reporting on the Adaptation to Climate Change";
- Cabinet Regulation No. 380 "On Latvian National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change until 2030".
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
N/A
Length of comparable time series
- Comparable monthly data are available starting from 2004.
- Comparable annual data are available starting from 2017.
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
The calculation of mean air temperature and total precipitation in Latvia includes 25 and 33 automatic meteorological observation stations of LVHMC, respectively. City stations:
- Rīga, Raiņa bulvāris 19 (wind, hours of sunshine, precipitation) and Kronvalda bulvāris 4 (air temperature, air humidity, snow depth);
- Daugavpils, Nometņu iela 161;
- Liepāja, “Liepaja observation station”, Grīnvalti;
- Alūksne, “Mākoņi 1”, Ziemera parish;
- Priekuļi (Cēsis), Selekcijas iela 2B;
- Dobele, “Dobele meteorological station”, Bērzes parish;
- Zīlāni (Jēkabpils), Ošu iela 6;
- Kolka, “Rīti” (air temperature, air humidity, precipitation, snow depth) and “Brigas” (wind, hours of sunshine);
- Ainaži, “Pelmas”, Liepu iela 7;
- Stende, “Spāres”, Dižstende.
Data collection
All indicators, except the number of days calculated later from the daily data, are collected continuously at automatic observation stations.
Data compilation
N/A