Amga climate — normals and trends
Amga (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -8.9 °C and it receives 273 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-38.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Amga averages 238 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.
Amga has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 241 to 235 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -59.8 °C (on 5 January 1987).
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
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- coords
- 60.90°, 131.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-8.9°C
Average daily high
-3.8°C
Average daily low
-14.4°C
Annual rainfall
273mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
56.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
238 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
61 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.7 cm
Average feels-like high
-7.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-18.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · 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
36.8 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-59.8 °C
5 January 1987
Wettest day
41 mm
23 July 1953
Windiest day
33.4 km/h
20 May 1991
Strongest gust
77.4 km/h
5 October 1979
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
5 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-65.0 °C
5 January 1987
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
13 May 2016
Sunniest day
18.3 h
24 June 1962
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -29.0 °C | +6.0 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | -23.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | -13.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 6.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 22 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 34 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 42 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 71 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 11.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | -4.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 4 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | -20.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 11 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | -39.1 °C | -5.3 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Amga?
Amga has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -8.9 °C and it receives 273 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amga?
The hottest day measured in Amga between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Amga?
The coldest day measured in Amga between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1987, at -59.8 °C.
Does it snow in Amga?
Yes. Amga gets on average 54.7 cm of snow per year and has around 238 frost days.
Has the climate of Amga warmed?
Yes: Amga warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Amga?
The wettest day measured in Amga between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1953, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Amga?
The windiest day measured in Amga between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1991, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Amga?
The warmest month in Amga is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-38.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Amga?
Amga receives on average 273 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Amga?
Amga 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 Amga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Amga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 2016, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Amga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Amga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amga?
In Amga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 5 July 2022, and the lowest was -65.0 °C on 5 January 1987.
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