Ust-Kamenogorsk climate — normals and trends
Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.2 °C and it receives 559 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Ust-Kamenogorsk averages 188 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Ust-Kamenogorsk has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 179 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 11 July 1974) and the coldest -46.0 °C (on 20 December 1966).
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
Ust-KamenogorskEast Kazakhstan
- coords
- 49.97°, 82.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.2°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
-2.7°C
Annual rainfall
559mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
36.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
188 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
141.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
27.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
40.4 °C
11 July 1974
Coldest day
-46.0 °C
20 December 1966
Wettest day
40 mm
31 August 2025
Windiest day
46.3 km/h
23 February 1942
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
11 October 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
20 July 1953
Coldest feels-like
-50.9 °C
20 December 1966
Snowiest day
20.3 cm
22 March 1969
Sunniest day
15.1 h
24 June 1940
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 | -5.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 76 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | -8.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 1.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 52 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 38 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 28.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 116 mm | +71 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 78 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 7.9 °C | -2.7 °C | 29 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 2.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 76 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | -4.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 67 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Ust-Kamenogorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.2 °C and it receives 559 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The hottest day measured in Ust-Kamenogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1974, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The coldest day measured in Ust-Kamenogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1966, at -46.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Yes. Ust-Kamenogorsk gets on average 141.4 cm of snow per year and has around 188 frost days.
Has the climate of Ust-Kamenogorsk warmed?
Yes: Ust-Kamenogorsk warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The wettest day measured in Ust-Kamenogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 2025, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The windiest day measured in Ust-Kamenogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1942, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The warmest month in Ust-Kamenogorsk is July (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Ust-Kamenogorsk receives on average 559 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Ust-Kamenogorsk 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ust-Kamenogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1969, with 20.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Yes: Ust-Kamenogorsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ust-Kamenogorsk?
In Ust-Kamenogorsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 20 July 1953, and the lowest was -50.9 °C on 20 December 1966.
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