Bakchar climate — normals and trends
Bakchar (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.0 °C and it receives 497 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-18.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bakchar averages 204 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Bakchar 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 211 to 197 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 5 June 2023) and the coldest -50.6 °C (on 2 February 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
BakcharTomsk Oblast
- coords
- 57.02°, 82.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.0°C
Average daily high
4.4°C
Average daily low
-4.5°C
Annual rainfall
497mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
37.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
204 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
120.9 cm
Average feels-like high
1.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 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 = 0.32 · 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
35.1 °C
5 June 2023
Coldest day
-50.6 °C
2 February 1957
Wettest day
39 mm
23 August 2001
Windiest day
41.4 km/h
20 April 1945
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
3 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
19 July 1953
Coldest feels-like
-55.4 °C
2 February 1957
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
12 May 1996
Sunniest day
17.0 h
8 June 1940
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 | -8.3 °C | +6.9 °C | 28 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | -6.7 °C | +5.3 °C | 16 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 0.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 29 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 9.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 47 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 26 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +5.1 °C | 58 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 103 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 121 mm | +50 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 3.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 23 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | -3.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 51 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -10.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 37 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bakchar?
Bakchar has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.0 °C and it receives 497 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bakchar?
The hottest day measured in Bakchar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 2023, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bakchar?
The coldest day measured in Bakchar between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1957, at -50.6 °C.
Does it snow in Bakchar?
Yes. Bakchar gets on average 120.9 cm of snow per year and has around 204 frost days.
Has the climate of Bakchar warmed?
Yes: Bakchar warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bakchar?
The wettest day measured in Bakchar between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2001, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bakchar?
The windiest day measured in Bakchar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1945, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bakchar?
The warmest month in Bakchar is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-18.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bakchar?
Bakchar receives on average 497 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bakchar?
Bakchar gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bakchar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bakchar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1996, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bakchar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bakchar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bakchar?
In Bakchar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 19 July 1953, and the lowest was -55.4 °C on 2 February 1957.
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