Gorshechnoye climate — normals and trends
Gorshechnoye (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 592 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gorshechnoye averages 145 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Gorshechnoye has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -39.5 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
GorshechnoyeKursk Oblast
- coords
- 51.52°, 38.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
592mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
145 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.2 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
40.3 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.5 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
15 September 2002
Windiest day
62.1 km/h
29 March 1942
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-45.1 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
10 January 1985
Sunniest day
15.3 h
21 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +7.3 °C | 40 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -4.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 20 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +8.3 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 60 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 88 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 65 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 53 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 4 mm | -44 mm |
| Oct | 11.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 86 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | -0.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gorshechnoye?
Gorshechnoye has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 592 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gorshechnoye?
The hottest day measured in Gorshechnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gorshechnoye?
The coldest day measured in Gorshechnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.5 °C.
Does it snow in Gorshechnoye?
Yes. Gorshechnoye gets on average 110.2 cm of snow per year and has around 145 frost days.
Has the climate of Gorshechnoye warmed?
Yes: Gorshechnoye warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gorshechnoye?
The wettest day measured in Gorshechnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 2002, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gorshechnoye?
The windiest day measured in Gorshechnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1942, with winds reaching 62.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gorshechnoye?
The warmest month in Gorshechnoye is July (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Gorshechnoye?
Gorshechnoye receives on average 592 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gorshechnoye?
Gorshechnoye gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gorshechnoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gorshechnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1985, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gorshechnoye?
Yes: Gorshechnoye has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gorshechnoye?
In Gorshechnoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -45.1 °C on 22 January 1942.
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