Chyorny Yar climate — normals and trends
Chyorny Yar (Russia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 300 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Chyorny Yar averages 128 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Chyorny Yar has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 141 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -36.8 °C (on 9 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
Chyorny YarAstrakhan Oblast
- coords
- 48.06°, 46.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
300mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
128 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
53 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
43.4 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-36.8 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
34 mm
4 August 1982
Windiest day
51.8 km/h
2 April 1946
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
2 April 1946
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-42.2 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.4 cm
21 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.3 h
27 June 1940
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 | 2.6 °C | +6.4 °C | 17 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 24 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +6.7 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 38 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 17 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 11 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 7 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 6 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 46 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +5.1 °C | 9 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chyorny Yar?
Chyorny Yar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 300 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chyorny Yar?
The hottest day measured in Chyorny Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 43.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chyorny Yar?
The coldest day measured in Chyorny Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -36.8 °C.
Does it snow in Chyorny Yar?
Yes. Chyorny Yar gets on average 51.3 cm of snow per year and has around 128 frost days.
Has the climate of Chyorny Yar warmed?
Yes: Chyorny Yar warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chyorny Yar?
The wettest day measured in Chyorny Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1982, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chyorny Yar?
The windiest day measured in Chyorny Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1946, with winds reaching 51.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chyorny Yar?
The warmest month in Chyorny Yar is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Chyorny Yar?
Chyorny Yar receives on average 300 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chyorny Yar?
Chyorny Yar gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chyorny Yar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chyorny Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1999, with 15.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chyorny Yar?
Yes: Chyorny Yar has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chyorny Yar?
In Chyorny Yar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -42.2 °C on 9 January 1940.
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