The climate in Madona district is determined by its geographical location and terrain features.
The slopes of the Vidzeme central highland are favourable for the formation of atmospheric fronts. Due to that there are more cloudy days in a year compared to the plainland with average of 171 overcast days while the rest of the area has 155 to 160 days.
The average temperature increases from 4 degrees C in the north-west to 5 degrees C in the south-east. The coldest month is January when the average temperature is 7 degrees C, but the lowest ever registered temperature 30 degrees C.
The warmest month is July when the average temperature is from +16 degrees C to +17 degrees C. The highest registered temperature in July is + 33 degrees C.
The period of freezing in the Vidzeme highland is one of the longest in Latvia with only 120 days without freezing. In the rest of the area the freezeless period is 130-135 days. Vegetation awakes from April 15 to 20 and ends in the middle of October. Its duartion is 175-180 days.
The sum of total active temperatures in plainland is 1800-2000 degrees C, wheereas in the Vidzeme highland it is 1770 degrees C.
Autumn frosts begin in the second or first decade of September. The last spring frosts can be observed in the second half of May, but in the Vidzeme central highland also in the first decade of June.
The annual amount of precipitation in Lubana lowland is 550-700 mm which is one of the least in Latvia.
The amount of precipitation around Vestiena and Ergli is 820-850 mm per year which are the coolest and wettest places in the whole of Latvia.
On average there is some precipitation every second day. The greatest amount of rainfall is in July and August with frequent showers and thunderstorms. The least amount of precipitation is at the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
