Gornyak climate — normals and trends
Gornyak (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.7 °C and it receives 471 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gornyak averages 181 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Gornyak has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 192 to 170 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -42.4 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
GornyakChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.13°, 61.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.7°C
Average daily high
6.8°C
Average daily low
-1.6°C
Annual rainfall
471mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
34.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
181 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
97.1 cm
Average feels-like high
3.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-42.4 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
66 mm
27 July 1946
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
2 May 2007
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
30 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-47.9 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
28.6 cm
3 May 1941
Sunniest day
16.1 h
18 June 2024
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 | -5.4 °C | +6.6 °C | 28 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -4.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 3.5 °C | +5.5 °C | 37 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 49 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 41 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 103 mm | +45 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 79 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 70 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 8.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 2.8 °C | +5.8 °C | 36 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | -7.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 33 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gornyak?
Gornyak has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.7 °C and it receives 471 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gornyak?
The hottest day measured in Gornyak between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gornyak?
The coldest day measured in Gornyak between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -42.4 °C.
Does it snow in Gornyak?
Yes. Gornyak gets on average 97.1 cm of snow per year and has around 181 frost days.
Has the climate of Gornyak warmed?
Yes: Gornyak warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gornyak?
The wettest day measured in Gornyak between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1946, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gornyak?
The windiest day measured in Gornyak between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2007, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gornyak?
The warmest month in Gornyak is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Gornyak?
Gornyak receives on average 471 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gornyak?
Gornyak gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gornyak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gornyak between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1941, with 28.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gornyak?
Yes: Gornyak has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gornyak?
In Gornyak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -47.9 °C on 1 January 1979.
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