Dondukovskaya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dondukovskaya?

Dondukovskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dondukovskaya?

The hottest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1948, reaching 40.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dondukovskaya?

The coldest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2006, at -33.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dondukovskaya?

Yes. Dondukovskaya gets on average 60.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Dondukovskaya warmed?

Yes: Dondukovskaya warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dondukovskaya?

The wettest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1954, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dondukovskaya?

The windiest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1964, with winds reaching 58.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dondukovskaya?

The warmest month in Dondukovskaya is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dondukovskaya?

Dondukovskaya receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dondukovskaya?

Dondukovskaya gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dondukovskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 700 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Dondukovskaya averages 83 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.

Dondukovskaya has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 67 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 15 August 1948) and the coldest -33.4 °C (on 24 January 2006).

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

DondukovskayaAdygeya Republic

coords: 44.88°, 40.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

11.6°C

Average daily high

16.6°C

Average daily low

7.2°C

Annual rainfall

700mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

25.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

83 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

38 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

116 d/yr

Annual snowfall

60.1 cm

Average feels-like high

14.5 °C

Average feels-like low

4.6 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

21 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.6 °C

15 August 1948

Coldest day

-33.4 °C

24 January 2006

Wettest day

57 mm

6 July 1954

Windiest day

58.2 km/h

27 January 1964

Strongest gust

102.2 km/h

27 March 2022

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

24 July 1957

Coldest feels-like

-38.8 °C

24 January 2006

Snowiest day

21.0 cm

2 December 1988

Sunniest day

15.0 h

15 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.3 °C30 July 2025	-19.4 °C27 February 2025	13.1 °C	630 mm	59	63
2024	39.2 °C16 July 2024	-18.4 °C14 January 2024	14.3 °C	462 mm	89	55
2023	38.7 °C6 August 2023	-15.6 °C10 February 2023	13.9 °C	858 mm	55	49
2022	39.8 °C18 September 2022	-9.9 °C20 January 2022	13.0 °C	640 mm	62	71
2021	38.9 °C20 July 2021	-19.5 °C21 January 2021	12.5 °C	898 mm	52	70
2020	38.4 °C7 July 2020	-18.0 °C10 February 2020	13.5 °C	449 mm	72	67
2019	37.9 °C15 August 2019	-10.4 °C5 December 2019	13.4 °C	559 mm	63	58
2018	39.7 °C28 June 2018	-8.5 °C26 February 2018	13.6 °C	582 mm	73	57
2017	39.5 °C6 August 2017	-20.0 °C31 January 2017	12.8 °C	690 mm	66	64
2016	38.5 °C17 July 2016	-24.4 °C4 January 2016	12.3 °C	775 mm	58	75
2015	38.9 °C31 July 2015	-24.9 °C9 January 2015	13.1 °C	655 mm	61	61
2014	38.4 °C15 August 2014	-18.6 °C31 January 2014	12.6 °C	684 mm	54	74
2013	35.0 °C15 August 2013	-12.7 °C13 December 2013	12.9 °C	660 mm	49	64
2012	37.5 °C24 July 2012	-22.1 °C8 February 2012	12.4 °C	587 mm	52	90
2011	36.7 °C27 July 2011	-14.7 °C20 January 2011	10.9 °C	729 mm	35	102
2010	38.7 °C1 September 2010	-20.3 °C27 January 2010	13.7 °C	748 mm	60	55
2009	35.5 °C26 July 2009	-19.5 °C8 January 2009	12.4 °C	732 mm	35	62
2008	36.7 °C18 August 2008	-17.1 °C31 December 2008	12.1 °C	588 mm	40	78
2007	37.9 °C31 July 2007	-27.5 °C25 February 2007	12.9 °C	668 mm	71	67
2006	38.1 °C7 August 2006	-33.4 °C24 January 2006	11.6 °C	754 mm	48	89
2005	36.9 °C17 August 2005	-12.7 °C9 February 2005	12.6 °C	623 mm	46	72
2004	33.8 °C31 July 2004	-11.6 °C16 February 2004	12.0 °C	832 mm	22	76
2003	35.1 °C1 September 2003	-12.5 °C23 March 2003	11.3 °C	647 mm	21	94
2002	36.8 °C29 July 2002	-29.4 °C9 January 2002	11.7 °C	641 mm	37	79
2001	38.9 °C25 July 2001	-13.0 °C20 December 2001	12.3 °C	848 mm	52	82
2000	39.0 °C30 July 2000	-18.4 °C27 January 2000	11.6 °C	693 mm	32	99
1999	36.1 °C28 July 1999	-16.4 °C4 February 1999	12.6 °C	846 mm	45	66
1998	38.3 °C2 August 1998	-16.5 °C2 February 1998	12.6 °C	732 mm	58	89
1997	32.6 °C27 July 1997	-20.8 °C6 February 1997	10.7 °C	911 mm	14	101
1996	37.1 °C15 July 1996	-13.8 °C22 January 1996	11.5 °C	783 mm	29	82
1995	34.9 °C4 August 1995	-15.8 °C17 December 1995	12.3 °C	947 mm	35	60
1994	38.0 °C18 September 1994	-18.8 °C13 February 1994	11.7 °C	672 mm	42	95
1993	33.6 °C23 July 1993	-20.3 °C13 February 1993	9.7 °C	812 mm	17	98
1992	32.7 °C16 August 1992	-12.0 °C15 February 1992	10.6 °C	838 mm	17	96
1991	37.5 °C30 July 1991	-21.3 °C10 February 1991	11.3 °C	827 mm	31	82
1990	35.6 °C6 July 1990	-16.4 °C6 January 1990	12.3 °C	617 mm	30	58
1989	34.3 °C31 August 1989	-17.4 °C12 December 1989	12.0 °C	915 mm	23	67
1988	32.9 °C6 August 1988	-20.1 °C29 January 1988	11.0 °C	1,049 mm	19	92
1987	34.8 °C28 July 1987	-16.8 °C31 January 1987	10.2 °C	875 mm	15	92
1986	35.5 °C30 August 1986	-20.1 °C1 March 1986	12.0 °C	537 mm	51	83
1985	35.1 °C4 August 1985	-21.4 °C26 February 1985	10.7 °C	674 mm	28	94
1984	35.7 °C18 July 1984	-15.0 °C5 December 1984	11.3 °C	732 mm	17	88
1983	36.2 °C13 July 1983	-22.0 °C26 January 1983	11.7 °C	631 mm	24	87
1982	32.3 °C15 June 1982	-18.3 °C12 January 1982	10.6 °C	620 mm	15	99
1981	37.4 °C28 July 1981	-6.2 °C1 March 1981	13.0 °C	773 mm	42	48
1980	37.9 °C13 July 1980	-17.4 °C14 January 1980	11.6 °C	749 mm	41	77
1979	35.7 °C21 July 1979	-24.5 °C9 January 1979	12.4 °C	704 mm	42	70
1978	34.2 °C8 July 1978	-23.3 °C25 February 1978	10.9 °C	722 mm	21	71
1977	35.2 °C23 August 1977	-20.5 °C24 December 1977	10.7 °C	867 mm	12	74
1976	34.8 °C30 July 1976	-19.0 °C10 February 1976	10.2 °C	617 mm	13	99
1975	34.6 °C27 August 1975	-14.8 °C4 March 1975	11.9 °C	820 mm	47	100
1974	36.6 °C1 July 1974	-15.6 °C1 February 1974	11.6 °C	655 mm	22	85
1973	35.3 °C25 July 1973	-19.2 °C21 January 1973	11.1 °C	756 mm	11	79
1972	38.1 °C24 July 1972	-25.0 °C19 January 1972	10.9 °C	1,047 mm	46	111
1971	38.6 °C28 July 1971	-21.0 °C14 February 1971	12.3 °C	670 mm	49	78
1970	36.7 °C18 July 1970	-25.0 °C1 January 1970	12.0 °C	824 mm	26	69
1969	39.6 °C9 June 1969	-21.7 °C9 February 1969	10.9 °C	563 mm	37	96
1968	38.0 °C19 July 1968	-23.9 °C12 December 1968	11.6 °C	614 mm	27	85
1967	33.5 °C15 July 1967	-25.3 °C2 February 1967	11.2 °C	751 mm	32	93
1966	36.3 °C25 July 1966	-20.4 °C6 February 1966	13.4 °C	825 mm	31	30
1965	33.4 °C9 August 1965	-17.9 °C14 February 1965	10.6 °C	757 mm	17	102
1964	32.4 °C30 July 1964	-26.3 °C18 January 1964	10.1 °C	764 mm	13	106
1963	35.9 °C22 August 1963	-21.9 °C6 March 1963	11.4 °C	717 mm	36	102
1962	37.3 °C19 July 1962	-14.7 °C11 January 1962	12.8 °C	565 mm	54	73
1961	37.9 °C18 August 1961	-21.9 °C28 January 1961	11.6 °C	802 mm	24	71
1960	34.1 °C26 July 1960	-20.1 °C4 February 1960	11.5 °C	753 mm	18	70
1959	35.4 °C2 August 1959	-18.4 °C14 February 1959	10.1 °C	626 mm	29	114
1958	35.4 °C29 June 1958	-23.5 °C3 February 1958	11.0 °C	812 mm	24	76
1957	38.4 °C1 August 1957	-20.1 °C7 January 1957	12.3 °C	516 mm	69	91
1956	35.4 °C31 August 1956	-27.0 °C31 January 1956	9.1 °C	776 mm	24	114
1955	35.1 °C18 July 1955	-11.7 °C4 March 1955	12.2 °C	682 mm	31	71
1954	36.4 °C2 August 1954	-22.6 °C16 January 1954	10.1 °C	647 mm	31	109
1953	35.8 °C31 July 1953	-20.4 °C27 November 1953	10.3 °C	603 mm	29	118
1952	33.0 °C24 July 1952	-15.7 °C11 December 1952	11.7 °C	725 mm	31	85
1951	36.3 °C12 August 1951	-19.1 °C21 December 1951	11.5 °C	744 mm	30	88
1950	38.4 °C5 August 1950	-32.0 °C12 January 1950	10.9 °C	546 mm	34	88
1949	37.3 °C18 August 1949	-25.1 °C9 February 1949	10.5 °C	472 mm	30	108
1948	40.6 °C15 August 1948	-19.8 °C28 December 1948	11.2 °C	581 mm	39	97
1947	38.2 °C15 July 1947	-23.9 °C31 January 1947	12.5 °C	599 mm	48	72
1946	38.3 °C25 August 1946	-21.2 °C24 January 1946	12.1 °C	503 mm	67	81
1945	35.1 °C5 July 1945	-18.3 °C25 February 1945	10.2 °C	606 mm	28	122
1944	35.1 °C25 July 1944	-17.5 °C20 January 1944	12.0 °C	544 mm	35	77
1943	37.2 °C1 September 1943	-15.4 °C9 February 1943	11.6 °C	392 mm	51	110
1942	36.7 °C9 August 1942	-23.8 °C26 January 1942	10.5 °C	630 mm	39	119
1941	36.9 °C15 September 1941	-23.1 °C14 January 1941	11.1 °C	592 mm	40	96
1940	36.5 °C24 August 1940	-30.5 °C11 January 1940	11.4 °C	599 mm	44	101

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.5 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

59 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

63 d/yr

-20

Annual rainfall

630 mm

-71 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	8.6 °C	+5.7 °C	33 mm	-24 mm
Feb	0.9 °C	-3.6 °C	41 mm	-5 mm
Mar	16.1 °C	+6.6 °C	28 mm	-26 mm
Apr	16.6 °C	-0.3 °C	78 mm	+17 mm
May	21.7 °C	-0.3 °C	79 mm	+4 mm
Jun	26.1 °C	-0.2 °C	54 mm	-21 mm
Jul	34.0 °C	+4.5 °C	18 mm	-36 mm
Aug	32.0 °C	+2.4 °C	16 mm	-35 mm
Sep	24.6 °C	+0.2 °C	52 mm	+5 mm
Oct	17.8 °C	+0.4 °C	104 mm	+49 mm
Nov	16.2 °C	+5.5 °C	20 mm	-41 mm
Dec	5.5 °C	+0.4 °C	106 mm	+42 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-19.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Wettest day

22.7 mm

31 Dec 2025

Windiest day

43.9 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

81.4 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-24.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

15.9 cm

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dondukovskaya?

Dondukovskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dondukovskaya?

The hottest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1948, reaching 40.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dondukovskaya?

The coldest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2006, at -33.4 °C.

Does it snow in Dondukovskaya?

Yes. Dondukovskaya gets on average 60.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.

Has the climate of Dondukovskaya warmed?

Yes: Dondukovskaya warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dondukovskaya?

The wettest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1954, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dondukovskaya?

The windiest day measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1964, with winds reaching 58.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dondukovskaya?

The warmest month in Dondukovskaya is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Dondukovskaya?

Dondukovskaya receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dondukovskaya?

Dondukovskaya gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dondukovskaya?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dondukovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1988, with 21.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Dondukovskaya?

Yes: Dondukovskaya has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dondukovskaya?

In Dondukovskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 24 July 1957, and the lowest was -38.8 °C on 24 January 2006.

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