Editing Lithuania (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Geography of Lithuania#Climate}}
Lithuania has a temperate climate with both [[maritime climate|maritime]] and [[continental climate|continental]] influences. It is defined as [[humid continental climate|humid continental]] (Dfb) under the [[Köppen climate classification]] (but is close to [[oceanic climate|oceanic]] in a narrow coastal zone).

Average temperatures on the coast are {{convert|-2.5|C}} in January and {{convert|16|°C|0|abbr=on}} in July. In Vilnius, the average temperatures are {{convert|-6|°C|0|abbr=on}} in January and {{convert|17|°C|0|abbr=on}} in July. During the summer, {{convert|20|°C|0|abbr=on}} is common during the day, while {{convert|14|°C|0|abbr=on}} is common at night; in the past, temperatures have reached as high as {{convert|30|or|35|°C|0|abbr=on}}. Some winters can be very cold. {{convert|-20|°C|0|abbr=on}} occurs almost every winter. Winter extremes are {{convert|-34|°C|0|abbr=on}} in coastal areas and {{convert|-43|°C|0|abbr=on}} in the east of Lithuania.

The average annual precipitation is {{convert|800|mm|1|abbr=on}} on the coast, {{convert|900|mm|1|abbr=on}} in the Samogitia highlands, and {{convert|600|mm|1|abbr=on}} in the eastern part of the country. Snow occurs every year, and it can snow from October to April. In some years, sleet can fall in September or May. The growing season lasts 202 days in the western part of the country and 169 days in the eastern part. Severe storms are rare in the eastern part of Lithuania but common in the coastal areas.

The longest records of measured temperature in the Baltic area cover about 250 years. The data show warm periods during the latter half of the 18th century, and that the 19th century was a relatively cool period. An early 20th-century warming culminated in the 1930s, followed by a smaller cooling that lasted until the 1960s. A warming trend has persisted since then.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baltex-research.eu/BACC/events/goteborg/Poster_2_1.pdf |title=Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin – The BACC Project – 22–23&nbsp;May 2006, Göteborg, Sweden |access-date=15 April 2010 |archive-date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920123716/http://www.baltex-research.eu/BACC/events/goteborg/Poster_2_1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

Lithuania experienced a drought in 2002, causing forest and [[peat]] bog fires.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Research Note: Effect of drought and fires on the quality of water in Lithuanian rivers |year=2003 |bibcode=2003HESS....7..423S |author=G. Sakalauskiene and G. Ignatavicius |volume=7 |pages=423–427 |journal=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |doi=10.5194/hess-7-423-2003 |issue=3 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00304792/file/hess-7-423-2003.pdf |doi-access=free |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222136/https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00304792/file/hess-7-423-2003.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>