Bakal climate — normals and trends
Bakal (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 710 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 (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bakal averages 196 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Bakal has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 205 to 187 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -43.5 °C (on 24 January 1969).
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
BakalChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 54.94°, 58.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.5°C
Average daily high
5.6°C
Average daily low
-2.7°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
31.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
196 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
166.7 cm
Average feels-like high
2.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 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
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-43.5 °C
24 January 1969
Wettest day
51 mm
5 July 1967
Windiest day
43.9 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-48.3 °C
24 January 1969
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
17 May 1981
Sunniest day
16.1 h
4 July 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.9 °C | +6.2 °C | 49 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | -5.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 10 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 2.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 49 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 60 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 36 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 85 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 20.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 149 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 130 mm | +41 mm |
| Sep | 14.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 59 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 7.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 42 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 2.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 75 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | -6.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 34 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bakal?
Bakal has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bakal?
The hottest day measured in Bakal between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bakal?
The coldest day measured in Bakal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1969, at -43.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bakal?
Yes. Bakal gets on average 166.7 cm of snow per year and has around 196 frost days.
Has the climate of Bakal warmed?
Yes: Bakal warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bakal?
The wettest day measured in Bakal between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1967, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bakal?
The windiest day measured in Bakal between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 43.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bakal?
The warmest month in Bakal is July (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Bakal?
Bakal receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bakal?
Bakal 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 Bakal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bakal between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bakal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bakal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bakal?
In Bakal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -48.3 °C on 24 January 1969.
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