Cherepovets climate — normals and trends
Cherepovets (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.4 °C and it receives 665 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 (-10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Cherepovets averages 171 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Cherepovets has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 183 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 23 June 2021) and the coldest -46.3 °C (on 16 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
CherepovetsVologda Oblast
- coords
- 59.13°, 37.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.4°C
Average daily high
6.7°C
Average daily low
0.0°C
Annual rainfall
665mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
154.3 cm
Average feels-like high
3.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
34.6 °C
23 June 2021
Coldest day
-46.3 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
103 mm
31 July 1954
Windiest day
50.9 km/h
13 November 1983
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
13 November 1983
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-51.4 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
15 December 1981
Sunniest day
17.2 h
21 June 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 | -0.5 °C | +7.6 °C | 72 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | -4.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 12 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 4.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 50 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 8.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 70 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 78 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 98 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 56 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 110 mm | +33 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 50 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 7.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 51 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 2.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 77 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | -1.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 77 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cherepovets?
Cherepovets has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.4 °C and it receives 665 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cherepovets?
The hottest day measured in Cherepovets between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 2021, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cherepovets?
The coldest day measured in Cherepovets between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -46.3 °C.
Does it snow in Cherepovets?
Yes. Cherepovets gets on average 154.3 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Cherepovets warmed?
Yes: Cherepovets warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cherepovets?
The wettest day measured in Cherepovets between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1954, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cherepovets?
The windiest day measured in Cherepovets between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1983, with winds reaching 50.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cherepovets?
The warmest month in Cherepovets is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Cherepovets?
Cherepovets receives on average 665 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cherepovets?
Cherepovets gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cherepovets?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cherepovets between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1981, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cherepovets?
Yes: Cherepovets has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cherepovets?
In Cherepovets, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -51.4 °C on 16 January 1940.
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