Snow Period in Belgrade


Nedeljko Todorović




Snowfall and snow cover are characteristic of the cold part of the year in Serbia. They occur most often in the three winter months (December, January, March), and there are smaller or larger deviations so that they are recorded in the autumn and spring months. Extremely rarely, in some places in Serbia, an extreme case of no snow cover has occurred. In Belgrade, this "miracle" has not yet been recorded in the analyzed period from winter 1921/22 to winter 2024/25. There are data on snow since 1887, when measurements and observations began at the Meteorological Observatory in Belgrade, but data before 1921 were not available for this analysis. Data on the height and number of days with snow cover were analyzed from winter 1986/87 to 2024/25. An analysis of the average date of the first and last snowfalls and snow cover with trends in changes was conducted. The study aims to determine whether there were significant changes in snow parameters. The analyzed data and results are presented in tables and graphs.