Babayurt climate — normals and trends
Babayurt (Russia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 366 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Babayurt averages 62 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Babayurt 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 75 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 7 August 2006) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
BabayurtDagestan
- coords
- 43.60°, 46.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.9°C
Average daily high
17.5°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
366mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
19.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
42.3 °C
7 August 2006
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
11 July 2016
Windiest day
52.9 km/h
12 November 1952
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
12 November 1952
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
12 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.7 cm
3 March 1955
Sunniest day
14.2 h
23 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 20 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 1.7 °C | -3.0 °C | 26 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 31 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | +36 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 14 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 40 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 34.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 117 mm | +83 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 24 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 4 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 27 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Babayurt?
Babayurt has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 366 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Babayurt?
The hottest day measured in Babayurt between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2006, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Babayurt?
The coldest day measured in Babayurt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Babayurt?
Yes. Babayurt gets on average 35.1 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Babayurt warmed?
Yes: Babayurt warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Babayurt?
The wettest day measured in Babayurt between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2016, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Babayurt?
The windiest day measured in Babayurt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1952, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Babayurt?
The warmest month in Babayurt is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Babayurt?
Babayurt receives on average 366 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Babayurt?
Babayurt 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 Babayurt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Babayurt between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1955, with 20.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Babayurt?
Yes: Babayurt has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Babayurt?
In Babayurt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 12 January 1940.
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