Prague Clementinum: basic facts and interesting figures


General information


Latitude 50° 05' 11'' N
Longitude 14° 24' 59'' E
Altitude 191 m
Beginning of regular observations 1752
Beginning of continuous temperature records 1775
Beginning of continuous temperature records 1804


Long-Term means


Characteristic 1961–1990 1971–2000 1981–2010 1991–2020
Annual mean air temperature +10.0 °C +10.4 °C +10.8 °C +11.3 °C
Mean air temperature in January -0.2 °C +0.7 °C +0.9 °C +1.6 °C
Mean air temperature in July +19.7 °C +20.1 °C +20.8 °C +21.5 °C
Annual mean total precipitation 470,3 mm 457.8 mm 458.6 mm 453.9 mm


Record values of air temperature, precipitation and air pressure


Characteristic Lowest Date Highest Date
Absolute temperature -27.6 °C 1st March 1785 +37.8 °C 27th July 1983
Daily mean temperature -24.8 °C 22nd January 1850 +31.9 °C 27th July 1782
Monthly mean temperature -11.0 °C February 1929 +25.2 °C August 1807
Annual mean temperature +7.2 °C 1838 a 1871 +12.8 °C 2018
24–hours total precipitation     90.0 mm 19th July 1981
Monthly total precipitation 0.0 mm October 1908 214.3 mm July 1981
Annual total precipitation 255.3 mm 1842 723.1 mm 1939
Sea level air pressure 968.7 hPa 25th February 1989 1055.4 hPa 27th December 1840

The presented values are valid only for Prague – Clementinum station and they should not be mistaken for those valid for the whole territory of the Czech Republic.