Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy climate — normals and trends
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 744 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 August (15.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy averages 186 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 191 to 181 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.5 °C (on 17 August 1983) and the coldest -32.9 °C (on 22 January 1986).
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
Aleksandrovsk-SakhalinskiySakhalin Oblast
- coords
- 50.90°, 142.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.4°C
Average daily high
2.5°C
Average daily low
-1.7°C
Annual rainfall
744mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
24.7km/h
Seasonal range
32.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
186 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
212.6 cm
Average feels-like high
-1.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.6 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · 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
23.5 °C
17 August 1983
Coldest day
-32.9 °C
22 January 1986
Wettest day
78 mm
1 September 2004
Windiest day
69.7 km/h
26 December 2017
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
16 October 1999
Hottest feels-like
25.1 °C
20 August 1959
Coldest feels-like
-38.7 °C
8 January 1980
Snowiest day
32.6 cm
26 December 2017
Sunniest day
15.7 h
25 June 1963
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -10.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 53 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | -8.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 54 mm | +22 mm |
| Mar | -4.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 34 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 3.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 9.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 45 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 14.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 75 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 130 mm | +62 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 63 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 108 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 4.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 107 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | -1.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 54 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | -10.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 88 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 744 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
The hottest day measured in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1983, reaching 23.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
The coldest day measured in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1986, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
Yes. Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy gets on average 212.6 cm of snow per year and has around 186 frost days.
Has the climate of Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy warmed?
Yes: Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
The wettest day measured in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2004, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
The windiest day measured in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2017, with winds reaching 69.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
The warmest month in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy is August (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy receives on average 744 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2017, with 32.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy?
In Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.1 °C on 20 August 1959, and the lowest was -38.7 °C on 8 January 1980.
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