Bichura climate — normals and trends
Bichura (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 495 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 (-21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bichura averages 224 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Bichura has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 229 to 219 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 24 July 1999) and the coldest -42.7 °C (on 12 February 1969).
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
BichuraBuryatiya Republic
- coords
- 50.59°, 107.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.0°C
Average daily high
5.0°C
Average daily low
-6.8°C
Annual rainfall
495mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
39.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
224 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.7 cm
Average feels-like high
1.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-10.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
38.6 °C
24 July 1999
Coldest day
-42.7 °C
12 February 1969
Wettest day
69 mm
24 July 1948
Windiest day
32.9 km/h
11 May 1954
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
20 April 2016
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
29 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-48.2 °C
2 February 2001
Snowiest day
32.7 cm
6 May 1993
Sunniest day
16.0 h
21 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -12.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -11.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 5 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 0.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 11.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 15 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 23 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 31 mm | -84 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 143 mm | +42 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 2.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 24 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | -3.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 38 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | -14.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 12 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bichura?
Bichura has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 495 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bichura?
The hottest day measured in Bichura between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1999, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bichura?
The coldest day measured in Bichura between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1969, at -42.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bichura?
Yes. Bichura gets on average 76.7 cm of snow per year and has around 224 frost days.
Has the climate of Bichura warmed?
Yes: Bichura warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bichura?
The wettest day measured in Bichura between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1948, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bichura?
The windiest day measured in Bichura between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1954, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bichura?
The warmest month in Bichura is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-21.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bichura?
Bichura receives on average 495 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bichura?
Bichura gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bichura?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bichura between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1993, with 32.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bichura?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bichura.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bichura?
In Bichura, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 29 July 2007, and the lowest was -48.2 °C on 2 February 2001.
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