Alagir climate — normals and trends
Alagir (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,303 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alagir averages 132 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Alagir has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 144 to 120 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 12 January 1950).
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
AlagirNorth Ossetia–Alania
- coords
- 43.04°, 44.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,303mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
151.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
32.6 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
101 mm
23 July 1963
Windiest day
19.3 km/h
17 March 2014
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
3 April 1995
Sunniest day
14.2 h
1 July 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 19 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | -2.8 °C | -3.3 °C | 42 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 66 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 11.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 167 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 144 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 129 mm | -84 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 148 mm | -65 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 89 mm | -86 mm |
| Sep | 16.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 168 mm | +53 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 75 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 12.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 5 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 29 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alagir?
Alagir has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,303 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alagir?
The hottest day measured in Alagir between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alagir?
The coldest day measured in Alagir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Alagir?
Yes. Alagir gets on average 151.4 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Alagir warmed?
Yes: Alagir warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alagir?
The wettest day measured in Alagir between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1963, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alagir?
The windiest day measured in Alagir between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2014, with winds reaching 19.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alagir?
The warmest month in Alagir is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Alagir?
Alagir receives on average 1,303 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alagir?
Alagir 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 Alagir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alagir between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1995, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alagir?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alagir.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alagir?
In Alagir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 12 January 1950.
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