Goryachiy Klyuch climate — normals and trends
Goryachiy Klyuch (Russia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 779 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Goryachiy Klyuch averages 76 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Goryachiy Klyuch 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 93 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 6 August 2017) and the coldest -31.1 °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
Goryachiy KlyuchKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 44.63°, 39.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
779mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
39.3 °C
6 August 2017
Coldest day
-31.1 °C
24 January 2006
Wettest day
61 mm
18 June 2002
Windiest day
56.0 km/h
26 February 1965
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
10 March 2000
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-36.9 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
27 December 1941
Sunniest day
15.0 h
5 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 | 9.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 47 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 0.7 °C | -4.4 °C | 45 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 35 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 70 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 70 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 58 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 36 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 19 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 48 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 18.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 130 mm | +68 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 12 mm | -62 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 83 mm | 0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Goryachiy Klyuch?
Goryachiy Klyuch has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 779 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Goryachiy Klyuch?
The hottest day measured in Goryachiy Klyuch between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2017, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Goryachiy Klyuch?
The coldest day measured in Goryachiy Klyuch between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2006, at -31.1 °C.
Does it snow in Goryachiy Klyuch?
Yes. Goryachiy Klyuch gets on average 65.1 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Goryachiy Klyuch warmed?
Yes: Goryachiy Klyuch warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Goryachiy Klyuch?
The wettest day measured in Goryachiy Klyuch between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2002, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Goryachiy Klyuch?
The windiest day measured in Goryachiy Klyuch between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1965, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Goryachiy Klyuch?
The warmest month in Goryachiy Klyuch is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Goryachiy Klyuch?
Goryachiy Klyuch receives on average 779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Goryachiy Klyuch?
Goryachiy Klyuch gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Goryachiy Klyuch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Goryachiy Klyuch between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1941, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Goryachiy Klyuch?
Yes: Goryachiy Klyuch has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Goryachiy Klyuch?
In Goryachiy Klyuch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -36.9 °C on 11 January 1940.
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