Beslan climate — normals and trends
Beslan (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 679 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Beslan averages 107 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Beslan has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 124 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 1 September 2010) and the coldest -30.8 °C (on 8 February 2012).
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
BeslanNorth Ossetia–Alania
- coords
- 43.19°, 44.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
14.0°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
679mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
23.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
37.6 °C
1 September 2010
Coldest day
-30.8 °C
8 February 2012
Wettest day
106 mm
23 July 1963
Windiest day
30.5 km/h
25 October 2003
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
13 November 2015
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
10 February 1969
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
12 October 1948
Sunniest day
14.2 h
26 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 17 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | -2.5 °C | 26 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +6.0 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 96 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 73 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 42 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 23 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 20 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 115 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 41 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +5.0 °C | 3 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 30 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Beslan?
Beslan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beslan?
The hottest day measured in Beslan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2010, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Beslan?
The coldest day measured in Beslan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2012, at -30.8 °C.
Does it snow in Beslan?
Yes. Beslan gets on average 80.4 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Beslan warmed?
Yes: Beslan warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Beslan?
The wettest day measured in Beslan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1963, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Beslan?
The windiest day measured in Beslan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2003, with winds reaching 30.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Beslan?
The warmest month in Beslan is July (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Beslan?
Beslan receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Beslan?
Beslan gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Beslan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Beslan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Beslan?
Yes: Beslan has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beslan?
In Beslan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 10 February 1969.
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