Churapcha climate — normals and trends
Churapcha (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -9.8 °C and it receives 261 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-41.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Churapcha averages 237 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 58 rainy days per year.
Churapcha has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 240 to 234 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 17 July 2011) and the coldest -59.8 °C (on 18 January 1952).
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
ChurapchaSakha
- coords
- 62.00°, 132.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-9.8°C
Average daily high
-4.9°C
Average daily low
-15.1°C
Annual rainfall
261mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
59.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
237 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
58 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.1 cm
Average feels-like high
-8.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-19.2 °C
Average peak gust
25.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · 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
36.1 °C
17 July 2011
Coldest day
-59.8 °C
18 January 1952
Wettest day
43 mm
29 July 1978
Windiest day
32.9 km/h
8 June 1952
Strongest gust
76.7 km/h
2 June 1961
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
5 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-65.0 °C
18 January 1952
Snowiest day
11.7 cm
18 September 1984
Sunniest day
18.8 h
25 June 1945
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 | -30.3 °C | +7.5 °C | 6 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -25.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 5 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | -14.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 5.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 19 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 31 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 20.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 39 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 64 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 21.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 11.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 30 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | -5.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 4 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | -23.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 13 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | -41.4 °C | -4.7 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Churapcha?
Churapcha has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -9.8 °C and it receives 261 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Churapcha?
The hottest day measured in Churapcha between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2011, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Churapcha?
The coldest day measured in Churapcha between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1952, at -59.8 °C.
Does it snow in Churapcha?
Yes. Churapcha gets on average 48.1 cm of snow per year and has around 237 frost days.
Has the climate of Churapcha warmed?
Yes: Churapcha warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Churapcha?
The wettest day measured in Churapcha between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1978, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Churapcha?
The windiest day measured in Churapcha between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1952, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Churapcha?
The warmest month in Churapcha is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-41.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Churapcha?
Churapcha receives on average 261 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Churapcha?
Churapcha gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Churapcha?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Churapcha between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1984, with 11.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Churapcha?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Churapcha.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Churapcha?
In Churapcha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 5 July 2022, and the lowest was -65.0 °C on 18 January 1952.
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