Aksay climate — normals and trends
Aksay (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 772 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Aksay averages 83 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Aksay has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -25.2 °C (on 8 February 2012).
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
AksayDagestan
- coords
- 43.37°, 46.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
772mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
38.4 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
8 February 2012
Wettest day
83 mm
17 August 1967
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
17 March 2014
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
11 March 1961
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
8 February 2012
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
3 March 1955
Sunniest day
14.1 h
19 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 26 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | -3.3 °C | 45 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 54 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 129 mm | +63 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 67 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 89 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 23 mm | -74 mm |
| Aug | 30.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 40 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 171 mm | +85 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 48 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 13.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 6 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aksay?
Aksay has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 772 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aksay?
The hottest day measured in Aksay between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aksay?
The coldest day measured in Aksay between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2012, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Aksay?
Yes. Aksay gets on average 70.3 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Aksay warmed?
Yes: Aksay warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aksay?
The wettest day measured in Aksay between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1967, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aksay?
The windiest day measured in Aksay between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2014, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aksay?
The warmest month in Aksay is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Aksay?
Aksay receives on average 772 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aksay?
Aksay gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aksay?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aksay between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1955, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aksay?
Yes: Aksay has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aksay?
In Aksay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 8 February 2012.
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