Shchūchīnsk climate — normals and trends
Shchūchīnsk (Kazakhstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 424 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shchūchīnsk averages 191 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Shchūchīnsk has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 185 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 12 July 2023) and the coldest -44.3 °C (on 22 December 1976).
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
ShchūchīnskAqmola
- coords
- 52.94°, 70.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.7°C
Average daily high
6.0°C
Average daily low
-2.8°C
Annual rainfall
424mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
34.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.6 cm
Average feels-like high
2.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
38.0 °C
12 July 2023
Coldest day
-44.3 °C
22 December 1976
Wettest day
70 mm
13 July 1960
Windiest day
56.3 km/h
2 May 2007
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
26 April 2014
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-50.9 °C
22 December 1976
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
7 May 1993
Sunniest day
16.2 h
25 June 2008
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 | -7.4 °C | +5.3 °C | 26 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | -6.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 0.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 22 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +6.6 °C | 32 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 72 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 80 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 81 mm | +22 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 57 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 7.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 1.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 65 mm | +39 mm |
| Dec | -7.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 30 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shchūchīnsk?
Shchūchīnsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 424 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shchūchīnsk?
The hottest day measured in Shchūchīnsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2023, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shchūchīnsk?
The coldest day measured in Shchūchīnsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1976, at -44.3 °C.
Does it snow in Shchūchīnsk?
Yes. Shchūchīnsk gets on average 84.6 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Shchūchīnsk warmed?
Yes: Shchūchīnsk warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shchūchīnsk?
The wettest day measured in Shchūchīnsk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1960, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shchūchīnsk?
The windiest day measured in Shchūchīnsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2007, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shchūchīnsk?
The warmest month in Shchūchīnsk is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Shchūchīnsk?
Shchūchīnsk receives on average 424 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shchūchīnsk?
Shchūchīnsk gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shchūchīnsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shchūchīnsk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1993, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shchūchīnsk?
Yes: Shchūchīnsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shchūchīnsk?
In Shchūchīnsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -50.9 °C on 22 December 1976.
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