Belyy Yar climate — normals and trends
Belyy Yar (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.7 °C and it receives 539 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Belyy Yar averages 207 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Belyy Yar has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °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 34.3 °C (on 8 June 2023) and the coldest -53.4 °C (on 28 January 2006).
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 YarTomsk Oblast
- coords
- 58.44°, 85.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.7°C
Average daily high
3.6°C
Average daily low
-5.0°C
Annual rainfall
539mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
38.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
207 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.0 cm
Average feels-like high
0.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
34.3 °C
8 June 2023
Coldest day
-53.4 °C
28 January 2006
Wettest day
53 mm
1 July 1984
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
5 October 1985
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
23 April 2011
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
20 July 1953
Coldest feels-like
-58.6 °C
28 January 2006
Snowiest day
14.0 cm
27 November 1984
Sunniest day
17.2 h
14 June 2021
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 | -8.6 °C | +7.8 °C | 41 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | -8.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 0.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 41 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 7.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 78 mm | +44 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 24 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 72 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 21.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 90 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 23 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 3.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 20 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | -5.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 51 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | -13.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 35 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belyy Yar?
Belyy Yar has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.7 °C and it receives 539 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 June 2023, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belyy Yar?
The coldest day measured in Belyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2006, at -53.4 °C.
Does it snow in Belyy Yar?
Yes. Belyy Yar gets on average 145.0 cm of snow per year and has around 207 frost days.
Has the climate of Belyy Yar warmed?
Yes: Belyy Yar warmed by +2.5 °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 1 July 1984, with 53 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 October 1985, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belyy Yar?
The warmest month in Belyy Yar is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-19.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Belyy Yar?
Belyy Yar receives on average 539 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belyy Yar?
Belyy Yar gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 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 27 November 1984, with 14.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belyy Yar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Belyy Yar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belyy Yar?
In Belyy Yar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 20 July 1953, and the lowest was -58.6 °C on 28 January 2006.
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