Otegen Batyra climate — normals and trends
Otegen Batyra (Kazakhstan) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 513 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Otegen Batyra averages 131 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Otegen Batyra has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 122 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 31 July 1983) and the coldest -40.4 °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
Otegen BatyraAlmaty Region
- coords
- 43.42°, 77.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
513mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
31.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
53 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
24.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
43.4 °C
31 July 1983
Coldest day
-40.4 °C
26 February 1951
Wettest day
40 mm
15 July 2004
Windiest day
44.2 km/h
17 September 1982
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
17 September 1982
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
18 July 1997
Coldest feels-like
-45.8 °C
26 February 1951
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
1 December 2012
Sunniest day
14.4 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 36 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 72 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 21.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 43 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 26.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 67 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 9 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 34.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 5 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 52 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 17.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 23 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 23 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 45 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Otegen Batyra?
Otegen Batyra has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 513 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Otegen Batyra?
The hottest day measured in Otegen Batyra between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1983, reaching 43.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Otegen Batyra?
The coldest day measured in Otegen Batyra between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1951, at -40.4 °C.
Does it snow in Otegen Batyra?
Yes. Otegen Batyra gets on average 82.4 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Otegen Batyra warmed?
Yes: Otegen Batyra warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Otegen Batyra?
The wettest day measured in Otegen Batyra between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2004, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Otegen Batyra?
The windiest day measured in Otegen Batyra between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1982, with winds reaching 44.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Otegen Batyra?
The warmest month in Otegen Batyra is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Otegen Batyra?
Otegen Batyra receives on average 513 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Otegen Batyra?
Otegen Batyra gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Otegen Batyra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Otegen Batyra between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2012, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Otegen Batyra?
Yes: Otegen Batyra has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Otegen Batyra?
In Otegen Batyra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 18 July 1997, and the lowest was -45.8 °C on 26 February 1951.
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