Belaya Kholunitsa climate — normals and trends
Belaya Kholunitsa (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.1 °C and it receives 683 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Belaya Kholunitsa averages 187 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Belaya Kholunitsa has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 177 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 31 July 2010) and the coldest -48.2 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
Belaya KholunitsaKirov Oblast
- coords
- 58.84°, 50.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.1°C
Average daily high
5.7°C
Average daily low
-1.7°C
Annual rainfall
683mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
31.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
187 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
178.5 cm
Average feels-like high
2.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
31 July 2010
Coldest day
-48.2 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
63 mm
8 August 2025
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
27 August 1986
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
8 February 1995
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
25 June 1948
Coldest feels-like
-53.4 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
23.6 cm
22 April 2018
Sunniest day
17.2 h
29 June 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 | -3.6 °C | +7.3 °C | 59 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | -5.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 11 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 3.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 30 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 9.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 63 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 69 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 20.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 120 mm | +46 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 28 mm | -53 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 164 mm | +91 mm |
| Sep | 14.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 7.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 53 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 1.9 °C | +5.1 °C | 93 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | -6.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 59 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belaya Kholunitsa?
Belaya Kholunitsa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.1 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Belaya Kholunitsa?
The hottest day measured in Belaya Kholunitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2010, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belaya Kholunitsa?
The coldest day measured in Belaya Kholunitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -48.2 °C.
Does it snow in Belaya Kholunitsa?
Yes. Belaya Kholunitsa gets on average 178.5 cm of snow per year and has around 187 frost days.
Has the climate of Belaya Kholunitsa warmed?
Yes: Belaya Kholunitsa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Belaya Kholunitsa?
The wettest day measured in Belaya Kholunitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2025, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Belaya Kholunitsa?
The windiest day measured in Belaya Kholunitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1986, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belaya Kholunitsa?
The warmest month in Belaya Kholunitsa is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Belaya Kholunitsa?
Belaya Kholunitsa receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belaya Kholunitsa?
Belaya Kholunitsa gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Belaya Kholunitsa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Belaya Kholunitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 2018, with 23.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belaya Kholunitsa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Belaya Kholunitsa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belaya Kholunitsa?
In Belaya Kholunitsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 25 June 1948, and the lowest was -53.4 °C on 31 December 1978.
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