Gornyye Klyuchi climate — normals and trends
Gornyye Klyuchi (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.5 °C and it receives 765 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-19.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gornyye Klyuchi averages 176 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Gornyye Klyuchi has warmed by +1.9 °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 181 to 171 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 24 July 2021) and the coldest -41.5 °C (on 7 January 1951).
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
Gornyye KlyuchiPrimorskiy (Maritime) Kray
- coords
- 45.24°, 133.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.5°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
-1.5°C
Annual rainfall
765mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
40.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
176 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
34.9 °C
24 July 2021
Coldest day
-41.5 °C
7 January 1951
Wettest day
110 mm
18 August 1979
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
29 April 1983
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
29 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
9 August 1949
Coldest feels-like
-46.4 °C
7 January 1951
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
23 April 1959
Sunniest day
14.9 h
26 June 1951
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 | -9.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 8 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | -6.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 2.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 59 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 103 mm | +23 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 111 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 87 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 160 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 43 mm | -51 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 18 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 2.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 36 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | -8.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gornyye Klyuchi?
Gornyye Klyuchi has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.5 °C and it receives 765 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gornyye Klyuchi?
The hottest day measured in Gornyye Klyuchi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gornyye Klyuchi?
The coldest day measured in Gornyye Klyuchi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1951, at -41.5 °C.
Does it snow in Gornyye Klyuchi?
Yes. Gornyye Klyuchi gets on average 77.9 cm of snow per year and has around 176 frost days.
Has the climate of Gornyye Klyuchi warmed?
Yes: Gornyye Klyuchi warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gornyye Klyuchi?
The wettest day measured in Gornyye Klyuchi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1979, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gornyye Klyuchi?
The windiest day measured in Gornyye Klyuchi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1983, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gornyye Klyuchi?
The warmest month in Gornyye Klyuchi is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-19.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Gornyye Klyuchi?
Gornyye Klyuchi receives on average 765 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gornyye Klyuchi?
Gornyye Klyuchi gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gornyye Klyuchi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gornyye Klyuchi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1959, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gornyye Klyuchi?
Yes: Gornyye Klyuchi has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gornyye Klyuchi?
In Gornyye Klyuchi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 9 August 1949, and the lowest was -46.4 °C on 7 January 1951.
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