Arkhonskaya climate — normals and trends
Arkhonskaya (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 1,138 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 (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Arkhonskaya averages 135 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Arkhonskaya has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 147 to 123 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -26.7 °C (on 21 November 1957).
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
ArkhonskayaNorth Ossetia–Alania
- coords
- 43.11°, 44.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,138mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
133.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
33.5 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
21 November 1957
Wettest day
108 mm
23 July 1963
Windiest day
19.2 km/h
25 October 2003
Strongest gust
70.6 km/h
6 February 2024
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
21 November 1957
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
3 April 1995
Sunniest day
14.2 h
30 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 15 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | -2.7 °C | -3.5 °C | 31 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 59 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 140 mm | +39 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 140 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 19.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 142 mm | -53 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 155 mm | -47 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 80 mm | -77 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 160 mm | +68 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +5.8 °C | 2 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 2.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 22 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arkhonskaya?
Arkhonskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 1,138 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arkhonskaya?
The hottest day measured in Arkhonskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arkhonskaya?
The coldest day measured in Arkhonskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1957, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Arkhonskaya?
Yes. Arkhonskaya gets on average 133.5 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Arkhonskaya warmed?
Yes: Arkhonskaya warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arkhonskaya?
The wettest day measured in Arkhonskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1963, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arkhonskaya?
The windiest day measured in Arkhonskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2003, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arkhonskaya?
The warmest month in Arkhonskaya is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Arkhonskaya?
Arkhonskaya receives on average 1,138 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arkhonskaya?
Arkhonskaya gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arkhonskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arkhonskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1995, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arkhonskaya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Arkhonskaya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arkhonskaya?
In Arkhonskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 21 November 1957.
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