Balakhta climate — normals and trends
Balakhta (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 532 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Balakhta averages 207 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Balakhta has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 215 to 199 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 20 June 2025) and the coldest -48.0 °C (on 6 January 2001).
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
BalakhtaKrasnoyarsk Krai
- coords
- 55.38°, 91.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.2°C
Average daily high
4.6°C
Average daily low
-4.5°C
Annual rainfall
532mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
36.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
207 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
124.4 cm
Average feels-like high
1.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
34.8 °C
20 June 2025
Coldest day
-48.0 °C
6 January 2001
Wettest day
57 mm
1 September 2025
Windiest day
48.6 km/h
30 May 1962
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
5 April 2025
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-52.4 °C
6 January 2001
Snowiest day
11.8 cm
8 December 1976
Sunniest day
16.3 h
18 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -8.7 °C | +6.2 °C | 30 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | -8.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | 0.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 19 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +5.7 °C | 43 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 64 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 53 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 145 mm | +74 mm |
| Sep | 15.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 98 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 3.2 °C | -1.6 °C | 21 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | -1.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 63 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | -9.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 49 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Balakhta?
Balakhta has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 532 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balakhta?
The hottest day measured in Balakhta between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2025, reaching 34.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Balakhta?
The coldest day measured in Balakhta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2001, at -48.0 °C.
Does it snow in Balakhta?
Yes. Balakhta gets on average 124.4 cm of snow per year and has around 207 frost days.
Has the climate of Balakhta warmed?
Yes: Balakhta warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Balakhta?
The wettest day measured in Balakhta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2025, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Balakhta?
The windiest day measured in Balakhta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1962, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Balakhta?
The warmest month in Balakhta is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-18.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Balakhta?
Balakhta receives on average 532 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Balakhta?
Balakhta gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Balakhta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Balakhta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1976, with 11.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Balakhta?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Balakhta.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Balakhta?
In Balakhta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 21 July 2002, and the lowest was -52.4 °C on 6 January 2001.
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