Donskoye climate — normals and trends
Donskoye (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 574 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Donskoye averages 94 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Donskoye 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 107 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -34.1 °C (on 11 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
DonskoyeStavropol Kray
- coords
- 45.45°, 41.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
574mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
94 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
40 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 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
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
41.3 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-34.1 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
61 mm
9 September 1989
Windiest day
56.6 km/h
18 March 2014
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
6 February 1993
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
2 August 1954
Coldest feels-like
-39.2 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
18 December 1945
Sunniest day
15.0 h
28 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 | 6.8 °C | +6.2 °C | 25 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | -2.7 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 74 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 21.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 90 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 35 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 6 mm | -45 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 25 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 73 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 88 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 18 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 64 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Donskoye?
Donskoye has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 574 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Donskoye?
The hottest day measured in Donskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Donskoye?
The coldest day measured in Donskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -34.1 °C.
Does it snow in Donskoye?
Yes. Donskoye gets on average 58.9 cm of snow per year and has around 94 frost days.
Has the climate of Donskoye warmed?
Yes: Donskoye warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Donskoye?
The wettest day measured in Donskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1989, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Donskoye?
The windiest day measured in Donskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2014, with winds reaching 56.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Donskoye?
The warmest month in Donskoye is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Donskoye?
Donskoye receives on average 574 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Donskoye?
Donskoye gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Donskoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Donskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1945, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Donskoye?
Yes: Donskoye has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Donskoye?
In Donskoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 2 August 1954, and the lowest was -39.2 °C on 11 January 1940.
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