Chirkey climate — normals and trends
Chirkey (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 737 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Chirkey averages 96 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Chirkey has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 12 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
ChirkeyDagestan
- coords
- 42.96°, 46.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
737mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
37.2 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
69 mm
17 August 1967
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
25 May 1944
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
3 February 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
3 March 1955
Sunniest day
14.1 h
19 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 25 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | -2.9 °C | 44 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 37 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 95 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 49 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 84 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 26 mm | -66 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 61 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 196 mm | +103 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 46 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 13.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 4 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chirkey?
Chirkey has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 737 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chirkey?
The hottest day measured in Chirkey between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chirkey?
The coldest day measured in Chirkey between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Chirkey?
Yes. Chirkey gets on average 69.9 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Chirkey warmed?
Yes: Chirkey warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chirkey?
The wettest day measured in Chirkey between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1967, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chirkey?
The windiest day measured in Chirkey between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1944, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chirkey?
The warmest month in Chirkey is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Chirkey?
Chirkey receives on average 737 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chirkey?
Chirkey gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chirkey?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chirkey between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1955, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chirkey?
Yes: Chirkey has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chirkey?
In Chirkey, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 31 July 2011, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 12 January 1940.
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