Belyy Yar climate — normals and trends
Belyy Yar (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 405 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Belyy Yar averages 191 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Belyy Yar has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 185 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 8 July 2005) and the coldest -48.4 °C (on 10 January 1979).
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
Belyy YarKhakasiya Republic
- coords
- 53.59°, 91.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.2°C
Average daily high
7.6°C
Average daily low
-3.0°C
Annual rainfall
405mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
39.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.6 cm
Average feels-like high
4.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
39.3 °C
8 July 2005
Coldest day
-48.4 °C
10 January 1979
Wettest day
71 mm
22 August 1985
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
5 April 2025
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
5 April 2025
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
8 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-53.3 °C
10 January 1979
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
26 March 2018
Sunniest day
16.0 h
30 May 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 | +5.5 °C | 11 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -8.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 2.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 53 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 73 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 80 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 22.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 103 mm | +42 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 5.4 °C | -2.6 °C | 15 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 2.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 18 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | -5.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 12 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belyy Yar?
Belyy Yar has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 405 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Belyy Yar?
The hottest day measured in Belyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2005, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belyy Yar?
The coldest day measured in Belyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1979, at -48.4 °C.
Does it snow in Belyy Yar?
Yes. Belyy Yar gets on average 62.6 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Belyy Yar warmed?
Yes: Belyy Yar warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Belyy Yar?
The wettest day measured in Belyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1985, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Belyy Yar?
The windiest day measured in Belyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 2025, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belyy Yar?
The warmest month in Belyy Yar is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-18.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Belyy Yar?
Belyy Yar receives on average 405 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belyy Yar?
Belyy Yar gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Belyy Yar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Belyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2018, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belyy Yar?
Yes: Belyy Yar has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belyy Yar?
In Belyy Yar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 8 July 2005, and the lowest was -53.3 °C on 10 January 1979.
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