Apatity climate — normals and trends
Apatity (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 629 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 (13.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Apatity averages 222 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Apatity 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 232 to 212 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.8 °C (on 13 July 1972) and the coldest -42.6 °C (on 27 January 1999).
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
ApatityMurmansk
- coords
- 67.58°, 33.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.0°C
Average daily high
1.7°C
Average daily low
-4.0°C
Annual rainfall
629mm
Sunshine / day
6.3h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
222 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
213.6 cm
Average feels-like high
-1.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
29.8 °C
13 July 1972
Coldest day
-42.6 °C
27 January 1999
Wettest day
47 mm
27 July 1946
Windiest day
40.0 km/h
2 February 1993
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
24 October 1988
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
13 July 1972
Coldest feels-like
-47.8 °C
27 January 1999
Snowiest day
22.0 cm
26 May 1986
Sunniest day
22.4 h
3 July 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -9.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 60 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | -4.8 °C | +6.0 °C | 27 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | -2.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 58 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 0.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 46 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 8.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 52 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 12.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 65 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 66 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 16.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 123 mm | +50 mm |
| Sep | 13.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 68 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 4.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 88 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | -2.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 89 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | -4.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 60 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Apatity?
Apatity has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 629 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Apatity?
The hottest day measured in Apatity between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1972, reaching 29.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Apatity?
The coldest day measured in Apatity between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1999, at -42.6 °C.
Does it snow in Apatity?
Yes. Apatity gets on average 213.6 cm of snow per year and has around 222 frost days.
Has the climate of Apatity warmed?
Yes: Apatity warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Apatity?
The wettest day measured in Apatity between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1946, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Apatity?
The windiest day measured in Apatity between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1993, with winds reaching 40.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Apatity?
The warmest month in Apatity is July (13.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Apatity?
Apatity receives on average 629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Apatity?
Apatity gets on average 6.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,300 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Apatity?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Apatity between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1986, with 22.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Apatity?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Apatity.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Apatity?
In Apatity, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 13 July 1972, and the lowest was -47.8 °C on 27 January 1999.
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