Chikola climate — normals and trends
Chikola (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,887 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 (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Chikola averages 121 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Chikola has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 136 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -27.0 °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
ChikolaNorth Ossetia–Alania
- coords
- 43.20°, 43.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,887mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
172.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
22.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
34.6 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-27.0 °C
8 February 2012
Wettest day
98 mm
25 August 1948
Windiest day
20.8 km/h
25 October 2003
Strongest gust
61.6 km/h
25 April 2013
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
8 February 2012
Snowiest day
25.3 cm
23 January 1951
Sunniest day
14.3 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 | 5.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | -2.6 °C | 53 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +6.5 °C | 76 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 13.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 249 mm | +74 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 217 mm | -64 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 143 mm | -163 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 119 mm | -134 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 95 mm | -142 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 217 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 165 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 9 mm | -56 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 48 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chikola?
Chikola has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,887 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chikola?
The hottest day measured in Chikola between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chikola?
The coldest day measured in Chikola between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2012, at -27.0 °C.
Does it snow in Chikola?
Yes. Chikola gets on average 172.2 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Chikola warmed?
Yes: Chikola warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chikola?
The wettest day measured in Chikola between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1948, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chikola?
The windiest day measured in Chikola between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2003, with winds reaching 20.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chikola?
The warmest month in Chikola is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chikola?
Chikola receives on average 1,887 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chikola?
Chikola gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chikola?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chikola between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1951, with 25.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chikola?
Yes: Chikola has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chikola?
In Chikola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 8 February 2012.
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