Arkadak climate — normals and trends
Arkadak (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 551 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Arkadak averages 155 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Arkadak has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 168 to 142 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -40.3 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
ArkadakSaratov Oblast
- coords
- 51.94°, 43.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.6°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
1.6°C
Annual rainfall
551mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
20.6km/h
Seasonal range
30.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
155 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
121.6 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
40.4 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-40.3 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
60 mm
30 September 1963
Windiest day
67.8 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-45.9 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
4 March 2022
Sunniest day
16.0 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.4 °C | +6.7 °C | 46 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -6.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 33 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | +7.8 °C | 40 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 31 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 111 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 81 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 35 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 58 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +6.3 °C | 31 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | -1.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 42 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arkadak?
Arkadak has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 551 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arkadak?
The hottest day measured in Arkadak between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arkadak?
The coldest day measured in Arkadak between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -40.3 °C.
Does it snow in Arkadak?
Yes. Arkadak gets on average 121.6 cm of snow per year and has around 155 frost days.
Has the climate of Arkadak warmed?
Yes: Arkadak warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arkadak?
The wettest day measured in Arkadak between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arkadak?
The windiest day measured in Arkadak between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 67.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arkadak?
The warmest month in Arkadak is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Arkadak?
Arkadak receives on average 551 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arkadak?
Arkadak gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arkadak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arkadak between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2022, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arkadak?
Yes: Arkadak has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arkadak?
In Arkadak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 2 August 2010, and the lowest was -45.9 °C on 22 January 1942.
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