Gagarin climate — normals and trends
Gagarin (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 670 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gagarin averages 155 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Gagarin has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 170 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.6 °C (on 17 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
GagarinSmolensk Oblast
- coords
- 55.55°, 35.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
8.4°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
670mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
155 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
130.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
38.2 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.6 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
24 August 1941
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
15 September 1998
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
11 January 1991
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.2 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
20 November 2004
Sunniest day
16.7 h
15 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 °C | +7.4 °C | 42 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -2.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 8 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | +6.7 °C | 38 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 12.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 59 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 65 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 100 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 108 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 82 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 12 mm | -49 mm |
| Oct | 9.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 90 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 4.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 85 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | -0.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 49 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gagarin?
Gagarin has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gagarin?
The hottest day measured in Gagarin between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gagarin?
The coldest day measured in Gagarin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -41.6 °C.
Does it snow in Gagarin?
Yes. Gagarin gets on average 130.9 cm of snow per year and has around 155 frost days.
Has the climate of Gagarin warmed?
Yes: Gagarin warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gagarin?
The wettest day measured in Gagarin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1941, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gagarin?
The windiest day measured in Gagarin between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1998, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gagarin?
The warmest month in Gagarin is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Gagarin?
Gagarin receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gagarin?
Gagarin gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gagarin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gagarin between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2004, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gagarin?
Yes: Gagarin has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gagarin?
In Gagarin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.2 °C on 17 January 1940.
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