Maqanshy climate — normals and trends
Maqanshy (Kazakhstan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 380 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Maqanshy averages 150 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Maqanshy has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 158 to 142 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 21 July 2015) and the coldest -41.0 °C (on 26 February 1951).
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
MaqanshyAbai Region
- coords
- 46.78°, 82.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
380mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
35.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
150 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
57 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.09 · p = 0.006
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
43.3 °C
21 July 2015
Coldest day
-41.0 °C
26 February 1951
Wettest day
48 mm
21 September 2015
Windiest day
68.1 km/h
4 February 1993
Strongest gust
119.9 km/h
18 April 1998
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
21 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-46.7 °C
26 February 1951
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
11 November 2016
Sunniest day
15.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 60 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | -3.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 6.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 79 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 34 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 21 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 12 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 34.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 34 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 63 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 6.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 41 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | -0.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 42 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maqanshy?
Maqanshy has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 380 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maqanshy?
The hottest day measured in Maqanshy between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2015, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maqanshy?
The coldest day measured in Maqanshy between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1951, at -41.0 °C.
Does it snow in Maqanshy?
Yes. Maqanshy gets on average 86.4 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.
Has the climate of Maqanshy warmed?
Yes: Maqanshy warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maqanshy?
The wettest day measured in Maqanshy between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2015, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maqanshy?
The windiest day measured in Maqanshy between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1993, with winds reaching 68.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maqanshy?
The warmest month in Maqanshy is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Maqanshy?
Maqanshy receives on average 380 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maqanshy?
Maqanshy gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maqanshy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maqanshy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2016, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maqanshy?
Yes: Maqanshy has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maqanshy?
In Maqanshy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 21 July 2015, and the lowest was -46.7 °C on 26 February 1951.
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