Chaplygin climate — normals and trends
Chaplygin (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 606 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chaplygin averages 153 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Chaplygin 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 168 to 138 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -38.6 °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
ChaplyginLipetsk Oblast
- coords
- 53.23°, 39.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
1.6°C
Annual rainfall
606mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
121.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
39.3 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-38.6 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
17 August 1980
Windiest day
53.8 km/h
11 December 1967
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
15 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
3 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.8 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
10 January 1985
Sunniest day
16.2 h
21 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.3 °C | +7.7 °C | 36 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | -4.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +8.0 °C | 36 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 24 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 39 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 21.4 °C | -1.3 °C | 100 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 89 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 84 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 82 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 6.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 50 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | -1.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 40 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chaplygin?
Chaplygin has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 606 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chaplygin?
The hottest day measured in Chaplygin between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chaplygin?
The coldest day measured in Chaplygin between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -38.6 °C.
Does it snow in Chaplygin?
Yes. Chaplygin gets on average 121.9 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Chaplygin warmed?
Yes: Chaplygin warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chaplygin?
The wettest day measured in Chaplygin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1980, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chaplygin?
The windiest day measured in Chaplygin between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chaplygin?
The warmest month in Chaplygin is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Chaplygin?
Chaplygin receives on average 606 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chaplygin?
Chaplygin gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chaplygin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chaplygin between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1985, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chaplygin?
Yes: Chaplygin has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chaplygin?
In Chaplygin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 3 August 2010, and the lowest was -43.8 °C on 31 December 1978.
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