Bykovo climate — normals and trends
Bykovo (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 368 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bykovo averages 139 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Bykovo has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -36.4 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
BykovoVolgograd Oblast
- coords
- 49.77°, 45.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
368mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
32.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
42.5 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-36.4 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
48 mm
25 July 1974
Windiest day
62.5 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
30 March 1942
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-42.3 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.5 cm
21 February 1999
Sunniest day
16.0 h
28 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.5 °C | +7.1 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -4.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 9.3 °C | +7.4 °C | 29 mm | 0 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 21 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 23.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 33 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 8 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 51 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 8.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 26 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -0.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 22 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bykovo?
Bykovo has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 368 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bykovo?
The hottest day measured in Bykovo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bykovo?
The coldest day measured in Bykovo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -36.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bykovo?
Yes. Bykovo gets on average 76.1 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Bykovo warmed?
Yes: Bykovo warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bykovo?
The wettest day measured in Bykovo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1974, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bykovo?
The windiest day measured in Bykovo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 62.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bykovo?
The warmest month in Bykovo is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Bykovo?
Bykovo receives on average 368 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bykovo?
Bykovo gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bykovo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bykovo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1999, with 18.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bykovo?
Yes: Bykovo has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bykovo?
In Bykovo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -42.3 °C on 22 January 1942.
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