Lurë-Dejë Mountain National Park
A cluster of small glacial lakes among black pine on the Lurë ridge, badly damaged by logging and slowly recovering.
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Peshkopi is a town in the eastern mountains. It has hot springs that people bathe in for their health. Albania's highest mountain, Korab, is nearby on the border with North Macedonia.
Peshkopi is a town in the eastern mountains. It has hot springs that people bathe in for their health. Albania's highest mountain, Korab, is nearby on the border with North Macedonia.
Thirty-year normals for Peshkopi, computed for this Atlas from daily ERA5 reanalysis over 1994–2023. These are long-run averages, not a forecast: any individual year can differ substantially.
The warmest month is August (mean daily high 28°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -3°C), and the wettest is December (131 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,110 mm.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Wet days | Sun/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | -3°C | 116 mm | 11 | 6.5 h |
| February | 6°C | -2°C | 99 mm | 11 | 7.6 h |
| March | 10°C | 1°C | 104 mm | 12 | 9.0 h |
| April | 15°C | 6°C | 105 mm | 15 | 10.1 h |
| May | 20°C | 11°C | 100 mm | 15 | 11.4 h |
| June | 24°C | 15°C | 64 mm | 11 | 13.3 h |
| July | 27°C | 17°C | 50 mm | 8 | 13.4 h |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 45 mm | 8 | 12.5 h |
| September | 22°C | 13°C | 83 mm | 10 | 10.2 h |
| October | 18°C | 9°C | 87 mm | 9 | 8.5 h |
| November | 12°C | 4°C | 126 mm | 11 | 6.7 h |
| December | 6°C | -1°C | 131 mm | 12 | 5.9 h |
Source: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 1994–2023 · “High” and “Low” are mean daily maximum and minimum air temperature. “Wet days” counts days with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Get this as JSON
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