Climatic Conditions

The climate on the municipal territory is mild and continental. Summers are warm with average air temperature during the hottest month – July is between 20º and 22º C.
Winters are mostly cold, and the temperature during the coldest month – January varies between 1º and 8º C. The prevailing climate in this region is continental.
The vegetation period on average is between 150 and 200 days with average temperature from +16 to +18 degrees Celsius.
The municipal territory belongs to the group of territories with insufficient atmospheric downpours. Average annual downpour is between 850 mm/m2 of atmospheric sediment as either snow or rain. Downpours are evenly distributed during the year. The most intensive downpours are in autumn and spring. Average annual relative humidity is 78%, and the lowest is in summer period about 60%, whereas during winter it exceeds 85%. The snow layer height in certain areas can be as much as 1.20 m with frequent snowdrifts. These weather elements influence the traffic and damage roofs of residential and other buildings.

Winds are weak and not so frequent. The prevailing air currents come from South-West and they are also the strongest. Maximum wind speed is registered coming from the South at 100 km/h, damaging mostly roofs and long-distance power lines.
Mists typically appear in valleys, along rivers Drina, Sapna and others. They often appear during whole year and they are the most prominent in spring and autumn.
Therefore, as far as climatic elements that determine the potential danger of natural and other disasters are concerned, it is important to stress the following:
- air temperature fluctuates a lot during the year,
- relative air humidity is somewhat higher that in the neighboring areas – about 78%,
- average annual downpours are about 850 mm/m2; there are about 107 days with downpours,
- wind and air currents on the municipal territory are characteristic and channeled along the river bed of Drina and South-West direction, with highest speed of 3.4 m/sec,
- there are about 2005 sunny hours during the year, or 45% of the total time available.