Dolzhanskaya climate — normals and trends
Dolzhanskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 499 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Dolzhanskaya averages 59 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Dolzhanskaya has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 74 to 44 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 26 July 2001) and the coldest -24.1 °C (on 10 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
DolzhanskayaKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 46.63°, 37.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
499mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
30.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
59 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
33.8 °C
26 July 2001
Coldest day
-24.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
96 mm
13 August 2021
Windiest day
88.0 km/h
24 September 2014
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
24 September 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
12 July 1996
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.4 cm
18 March 1970
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 17 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 34 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 77 mm | +26 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 7 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 32 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 42 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 12 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 36 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dolzhanskaya?
Dolzhanskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 499 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dolzhanskaya?
The hottest day measured in Dolzhanskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2001, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dolzhanskaya?
The coldest day measured in Dolzhanskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Dolzhanskaya?
Yes. Dolzhanskaya gets on average 41.0 cm of snow per year and has around 59 frost days.
Has the climate of Dolzhanskaya warmed?
Yes: Dolzhanskaya warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dolzhanskaya?
The wettest day measured in Dolzhanskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2021, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dolzhanskaya?
The windiest day measured in Dolzhanskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2014, with winds reaching 88.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dolzhanskaya?
The warmest month in Dolzhanskaya is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Dolzhanskaya?
Dolzhanskaya receives on average 499 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dolzhanskaya?
Dolzhanskaya gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dolzhanskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dolzhanskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1970, with 16.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dolzhanskaya?
Yes: Dolzhanskaya has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dolzhanskaya?
In Dolzhanskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 12 July 1996, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 10 January 1940.
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