Belyye Stolby climate — normals and trends
Belyye Stolby (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 642 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 (-9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Belyye Stolby averages 156 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Belyye Stolby has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 172 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 6 August 2010) and the coldest -42.5 °C (on 17 January 1940).
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
Belyye StolbyMoscow Oblast
- coords
- 55.33°, 37.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
8.6°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
642mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
127.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
38.2 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest day
-42.5 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
22 May 1956
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
13 March 2020
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
13 March 2020
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-48.1 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
26.2 cm
16 October 1971
Sunniest day
17.0 h
2 July 1947
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 | 1.3 °C | +7.7 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -2.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 5 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +6.7 °C | 37 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 54 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 38 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 115 mm | +42 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 120 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 94 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 13 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 87 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 5.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 58 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -0.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 42 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belyye Stolby?
Belyye Stolby has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 642 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Belyye Stolby?
The hottest day measured in Belyye Stolby between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2010, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belyye Stolby?
The coldest day measured in Belyye Stolby between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -42.5 °C.
Does it snow in Belyye Stolby?
Yes. Belyye Stolby gets on average 127.1 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Belyye Stolby warmed?
Yes: Belyye Stolby warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Belyye Stolby?
The wettest day measured in Belyye Stolby between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1956, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Belyye Stolby?
The windiest day measured in Belyye Stolby between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belyye Stolby?
The warmest month in Belyye Stolby is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Belyye Stolby?
Belyye Stolby receives on average 642 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belyye Stolby?
Belyye Stolby gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Belyye Stolby?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Belyye Stolby between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1971, with 26.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belyye Stolby?
Yes: Belyye Stolby has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belyye Stolby?
In Belyye Stolby, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 6 August 2010, and the lowest was -48.1 °C on 17 January 1940.
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