Minsk has a warm summer hemiboreal humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb), owing to its location between the strong influence of the moist air of the Atlantic Ocean and the dry air of the Eurasian landmass. Its weather is unstable and tends to change often. The average January temperature is ?4.5 �C (23.9 �F), while the average July temperature is 18.5 �C (65.3 �F). The lowest temperature was recorded on 17 January 1940, at ?40 �C (?40 �F) and the warmest on 29 July 1936, at 35 �C (95 �F). This results in frequent fogs, common in the autumn and spring. Minsk receives annual precipitation of 690 millimetres (27 in), of which one third falls during the cold period (as snow and rain) and two thirds in the warm period. Throughout the year, most winds are westerly and northwesterly, bringing cool and moist air from the Atlantic
