Qulsary climate — normals and trends
Qulsary (Kazakhstan) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 185 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Qulsary averages 140 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 46 rainy days per year.
Qulsary has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 149 to 131 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.5 °C (on 6 August 1940) and the coldest -38.5 °C (on 18 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
QulsaryAtyrau Oblisi
- coords
- 46.95°, 54.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
185mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
23.0km/h
Seasonal range
36.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
77 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
46 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
45 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
45.5 °C
6 August 1940
Coldest day
-38.5 °C
18 February 1951
Wettest day
45 mm
23 April 1993
Windiest day
58.3 km/h
27 March 1953
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
20 October 1954
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
2 July 1991
Coldest feels-like
-44.2 °C
18 February 1951
Snowiest day
14.2 cm
25 February 1967
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 12 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -1.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | +26 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 19 mm | 0 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 35 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 27.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 33 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 30 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 33.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 15 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 12 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | -1.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 22 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qulsary?
Qulsary has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 185 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qulsary?
The hottest day measured in Qulsary between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1940, reaching 45.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qulsary?
The coldest day measured in Qulsary between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1951, at -38.5 °C.
Does it snow in Qulsary?
Yes. Qulsary gets on average 37.4 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Qulsary warmed?
Yes: Qulsary warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qulsary?
The wettest day measured in Qulsary between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1993, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qulsary?
The windiest day measured in Qulsary between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1953, with winds reaching 58.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qulsary?
The warmest month in Qulsary is July (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Qulsary?
Qulsary receives on average 185 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 46 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qulsary?
Qulsary gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qulsary?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qulsary between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1967, with 14.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qulsary?
Yes: Qulsary has on average 45 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qulsary?
In Qulsary, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 2 July 1991, and the lowest was -44.2 °C on 18 February 1951.
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