Giaginskaya climate — normals and trends
Giaginskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 772 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Giaginskaya averages 85 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Giaginskaya has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 101 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 18 September 2022) and the coldest -32.8 °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
GiaginskayaAdygeya Republic
- coords
- 44.86°, 40.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
772mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
39.5 °C
18 September 2022
Coldest day
-32.8 °C
24 January 2006
Wettest day
53 mm
25 October 2018
Windiest day
60.9 km/h
27 January 1964
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
17 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-37.7 °C
24 January 2006
Snowiest day
22.7 cm
30 January 1987
Sunniest day
15.0 h
15 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 | 9.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 0.7 °C | -4.1 °C | 49 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +6.3 °C | 29 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 84 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 89 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 58 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 22 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 52 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 114 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 22 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 131 mm | +59 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Giaginskaya?
Giaginskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 772 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giaginskaya?
The hottest day measured in Giaginskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 2022, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Giaginskaya?
The coldest day measured in Giaginskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2006, at -32.8 °C.
Does it snow in Giaginskaya?
Yes. Giaginskaya gets on average 73.3 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Giaginskaya warmed?
Yes: Giaginskaya warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Giaginskaya?
The wettest day measured in Giaginskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2018, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Giaginskaya?
The windiest day measured in Giaginskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1964, with winds reaching 60.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Giaginskaya?
The warmest month in Giaginskaya is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Giaginskaya?
Giaginskaya receives on average 772 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Giaginskaya?
Giaginskaya gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Giaginskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Giaginskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1987, with 22.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Giaginskaya?
Yes: Giaginskaya has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giaginskaya?
In Giaginskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -37.7 °C on 24 January 2006.
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