Latvia: Weather Records and Extremes

320 weather records set or tied in Latvia in 2026: 33 highs and 10 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Latvia

Latvia has 26 stations in the data, on Europe.
320 weather records were set or tied in Latvia in 2026: 33 record highs and 10 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 9.17 to 1 in Latvia.
2026 holds the most standing records in Latvia: 4,996.
Zilani set an all-time record daily precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 8 July 2026.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

32 highs, 7 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Latvia, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 5 August 2026 with 4 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Latvia in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-15	1 more record lows than highs
2026-01-25	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-14	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-28	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-03	2 more record highs than lows
2026-05-04	2 more record highs than lows
2026-05-05	2 more record highs than lows
2026-05-12	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-23	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-13	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-20	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-21	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-29	2 more record highs than lows
2026-06-30	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-21	1 more record lows than highs
2026-07-22	1 more record lows than highs
2026-07-28	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-05	4 more record highs than lows
2026-08-06	3 more record highs than lows
2026-08-30	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-02	2 more record highs than lows
2026-09-09	4 more record highs than lows
2026-09-26	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-30	1 more record highs than lows

Records per Year, by Type

1925 to 2026

Records set or tied in Latvia each year from 1925 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 320.

Weather records per year in Latvia, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1925	0	0	0	0	5	5
1926	0	0	0	0	12	12
1927	0	0	0	0	11	11
1928	0	0	0	0	27	27
1929	0	0	0	0	30	30
1930	0	0	0	0	9	9
1931	0	0	0	0	27	27
1932	0	0	0	0	13	13
1933	0	0	0	0	20	20
1934	0	0	17	4	27	48
1935	0	0	12	11	20	43
1936	0	0	12	5	23	40
1937	0	0	13	9	18	40
1938	0	0	20	4	17	41
1939	0	0	16	5	9	30
1940	0	0	4	27	22	53
1941	0	0	5	17	20	42
1942	0	0	5	33	10	48
1943	0	0	13	0	11	24
1944	0	0	8	6	9	23
1945	0	0	0	3	7	10
1946	0	0	2	4	8	14
1947	0	0	9	17	10	36
1948	0	0	9	9	11	29
1949	0	0	18	9	29	56
1950	0	0	8	15	30	53
1951	0	0	8	11	16	35
1952	0	0	2	13	25	40
1953	21	1	17	5	19	63
1954	5	4	5	8	16	38
1955	6	13	6	11	12	48
1956	7	20	5	20	15	67
1957	15	8	7	8	24	62
1958	9	3	9	9	15	45
1959	22	11	9	7	20	69
1960	3	5	0	2	10	20
1961	9	0	9	0	20	38
1962	5	11	4	9	14	43
1963	11	5	6	20	14	56
1964	4	5	3	3	9	24
1965	4	19	0	19	12	54
1966	3	8	0	10	12	33
1967	9	2	4	6	15	36
1968	16	5	4	13	9	47
1969	1	5	1	10	15	32
1970	2	4	0	2	17	25
1971	17	9	7	9	15	57
1972	7	4	6	4	16	37
1973	35	28	20	15	26	124
1974	25	9	20	5	33	92
1975	55	3	37	8	32	135
1976	8	20	10	29	26	93
1977	22	19	17	16	70	144
1978	15	40	15	23	88	181
1979	16	27	8	38	75	164
1980	3	15	11	13	79	121
1981	16	14	10	7	110	157
1982	16	12	6	6	60	100
1983	19	3	25	3	74	124
1984	17	7	26	3	51	104
1985	7	23	11	16	89	146
1986	14	12	18	5	110	159
1987	5	33	7	23	75	143
1988	9	13	20	5	94	141
1989	81	13	83	9	135	321
1990	84	7	71	3	245	410
1991	31	18	24	4	190	267
1992	59	21	41	20	105	246
1993	41	43	29	35	68	216
1994	52	18	33	34	51	188
1995	90	8	68	37	94	297
1996	45	30	32	50	50	207
1997	67	19	48	26	64	224
1998	33	43	52	45	53	226
1999	71	2	54	15	65	207
2000	64	11	60	19	46	200
2001	55	17	66	17	80	235
2002	127	66	56	23	68	340
2003	34	28	50	43	53	208
2004	18	5	36	16	54	129
2005	34	12	33	14	25	118
2006	104	19	84	22	27	256
2007	92	7	79	14	48	240
2008	37	9	44	7	35	132
2009	16	19	28	18	123	204
2010	74	28	88	31	87	308
2011	52	15	46	10	62	185
2012	26	19	37	30	76	188
2013	48	15	71	23	37	194
2014	78	4	50	18	56	206
2015	69	1	50	23	50	193
2016	33	14	31	12	73	163
2017	13	3	11	12	57	96
2018	44	6	32	3	16	101
2019	24	3	17	11	7	62
2020	50	0	27	5	4	86
2021	19	10	26	13	33	101
2022	74	1	59	14	38	186
2023	32	4	85	6	123	250
2024	76	3	100	3	25	207
2025	58	15	119	1	4	197
2026	20	7	12	0	276	315

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Latvia: 1930s 2.5 to 1, 1940s 0.6 to 1, 1950s 1.0 to 1, 1960s 0.6 to 1, 1970s 1.1 to 1, 1980s 1.7 to 1, 1990s 2.2 to 1, 2000s 2.9 to 1, 2010s 3.2 to 1, 2020s 9.2 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Record highs per record low in Latvia, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1930s	2.45 to 1
1940s	0.59 to 1
1950s	0.98 to 1
1960s	0.62 to 1
1970s	1.11 to 1
1980s	1.74 to 1
1990s	2.16 to 1
2000s	2.91 to 1
2010s	3.17 to 1
2020s	9.17 to 1

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

2026: 4,996

Records still standing in Latvia, by the year they were set. 2026 holds the most with 4,996.

Standing records in Latvia by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	5
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	2
1898	6
1899	9
1900	9
1901	6
1902	15
1903	20
1904	7
1905	8
1906	17
1907	12
1908	22
1909	13
1910	12
1911	18
1912	23
1913	14
1914	10
1915	4
1922	2
1923	13
1924	10
1925	23
1926	22
1927	30
1928	52
1929	31
1930	15
1931	17
1932	17
1933	12
1934	17
1935	16
1936	13
1937	18
1938	21
1939	23
1940	24
1941	44
1942	44
1943	43
1944	39
1945	29
1946	48
1947	52
1948	60
1949	130
1950	184
1951	148
1952	191
1953	160
1954	72
1955	192
1956	241
1957	166
1958	116
1959	211
1960	217
1961	210
1962	248
1963	210
1964	293
1965	409
1966	425
1967	419
1968	456
1969	1,157
1970	1,154
1971	459
1972	234
1973	801
1974	1,122
1975	496
1976	470
1977	476
1978	444
1979	527
1980	452
1981	447
1982	306
1983	328
1984	280
1985	400
1986	376
1987	412
1988	374
1989	424
1990	517
1991	279
1992	277
1993	619
1994	349
1995	600
1996	795
1997	489
1998	499
1999	311
2000	357
2001	355
2002	506
2003	313
2004	311
2005	300
2006	607
2007	475
2008	288
2009	1,398
2010	2,656
2011	1,630
2012	1,376
2013	1,624
2014	1,100
2015	758
2016	733
2017	370
2018	462
2019	177
2020	344
2021	636
2022	2,579
2023	1,744
2024	2,524
2025	3,497
2026	4,996

Record Map for 2026

362 stations

The 362 highest significance station records of 2026 in Latvia, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Latvia in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Aluksne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sorve	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jelgava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pavilosta	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	146.7 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	167.8 mm (6.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jelgava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Skulte	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	166.7 mm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Latvia by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2026	Zilani, LV	all-time rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 July 2026	Skriveri, LV	all-time rain	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
10 July 2026	Rucava, LV	all-time rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 September 2026	Zoseni, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 August 2026	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2026	Aluksne, LV	all-time rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Rezekne, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2026	Zoseni, LV	all-time rain	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2026	Ruhnu, LV	all-time rain (Provisional)	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2026	Rucava, LV	monthly rain	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	72 of 100 (Major)

Latvia by Year

Stations

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Stations in Latvia
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Liepaja	n/a	1881	145 years	Threshold days
Ventspils	n/a	1881	121 years	Threshold days
Ruhnu	n/a	1905	122 years	Threshold days
Auce	n/a	1941	41 years	Threshold days
Kolka	n/a	1941	86 years	Threshold days
Riga	n/a	1943	62 years	Threshold days
Zoseni	n/a	1945	82 years	Threshold days
Daugavpils	n/a	1948	79 years	Threshold days
Gulbene	n/a	1949	78 years	Threshold days
Dagda	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Pavilosta	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Priekuli	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Rezekne	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Saldus	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Skriveri	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Aluksne	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Bauska	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Dobele	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Jelgava	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Mersrags	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Rucava	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Rujiena	n/a	1959	67 years	Threshold days
Skulte	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Sorve	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Valga	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Zilani	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).