Gigant climate — normals and trends
Gigant (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 533 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 (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Gigant averages 103 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Gigant 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 117 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 1 August 2015) and the coldest -36.3 °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
GigantRostov Oblast
- coords
- 46.51°, 41.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
533mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
41.0 °C
1 August 2015
Coldest day
-36.3 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
49 mm
28 July 1980
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
28 October 1958
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
10 March 2000
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
18 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
10 January 1998
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 | 5.3 °C | +5.9 °C | 22 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +6.3 °C | 27 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 54 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 42 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 57 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 12 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 40 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 48 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 12.5 °C | +5.5 °C | 10 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 30 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gigant?
Gigant has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 533 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gigant?
The hottest day measured in Gigant between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2015, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gigant?
The coldest day measured in Gigant between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -36.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gigant?
Yes. Gigant gets on average 55.6 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Gigant warmed?
Yes: Gigant warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gigant?
The wettest day measured in Gigant between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1980, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gigant?
The windiest day measured in Gigant between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1958, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gigant?
The warmest month in Gigant is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Gigant?
Gigant receives on average 533 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gigant?
Gigant gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gigant?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gigant between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1998, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gigant?
Yes: Gigant has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gigant?
In Gigant, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 18 August 2006, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 11 January 1940.
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