Emba climate — normals and trends
Emba (Kazakhstan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 277 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Emba averages 165 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.
Emba has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 173 to 157 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 5 August 1940) and the coldest -41.3 °C (on 17 January 1943).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 48.83°, 58.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
1.0°C
Annual rainfall
277mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
23.0km/h
Seasonal range
37.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
165 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
42 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
66 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
41.9 °C
5 August 1940
Coldest day
-41.3 °C
17 January 1943
Wettest day
41 mm
15 May 1999
Windiest day
71.7 km/h
13 January 1968
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
17 March 1998
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
5 August 1940
Coldest feels-like
-47.1 °C
24 January 1969
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
18 March 2007
Sunniest day
15.3 h
27 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 22 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -6.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 34 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 5.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 27 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 46 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 27 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 48 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 22 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 16 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +6.5 °C | 22 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | -5.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 29 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Emba?
Emba has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 277 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Emba?
The hottest day measured in Emba between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1940, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Emba?
The coldest day measured in Emba between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1943, at -41.3 °C.
Does it snow in Emba?
Yes. Emba gets on average 79.0 cm of snow per year and has around 165 frost days.
Has the climate of Emba warmed?
Yes: Emba warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Emba?
The wettest day measured in Emba between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1999, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Emba?
The windiest day measured in Emba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1968, with winds reaching 71.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Emba?
The warmest month in Emba is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Emba?
Emba receives on average 277 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Emba?
Emba gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Emba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Emba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2007, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Emba?
Yes: Emba has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Emba?
In Emba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 5 August 1940, and the lowest was -47.1 °C on 24 January 1969.
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