Oral climate — normals and trends
Oral (Kazakhstan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 375 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Oral averages 159 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.
Oral has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 169 to 149 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 3 July 2018) and the coldest -44.2 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
OralWest Kazakhstan
- coords
- 51.25°, 51.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
1.4°C
Annual rainfall
375mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
34.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
159 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
83 d/yr
Annual snowfall
94.5 cm
Average feels-like high
7.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
40.9 °C
3 July 2018
Coldest day
-44.2 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
44 mm
17 July 1997
Windiest day
66.6 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
16 July 1962
Coldest feels-like
-49.6 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
7 November 1978
Sunniest day
15.4 h
28 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.1 °C | +6.5 °C | 21 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | -5.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | +7.5 °C | 29 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 20 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 31 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 38 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 27 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 13 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 71 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +6.0 °C | 41 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | -2.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 45 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oral?
Oral has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 375 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oral?
The hottest day measured in Oral between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2018, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oral?
The coldest day measured in Oral between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -44.2 °C.
Does it snow in Oral?
Yes. Oral gets on average 94.5 cm of snow per year and has around 159 frost days.
Has the climate of Oral warmed?
Yes: Oral warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oral?
The wettest day measured in Oral between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1997, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oral?
The windiest day measured in Oral between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 66.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oral?
The warmest month in Oral is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Oral?
Oral receives on average 375 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oral?
Oral gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oral?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oral between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1978, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oral?
Yes: Oral has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oral?
In Oral, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 16 July 1962, and the lowest was -49.6 °C on 12 January 1940.
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