Gundelen climate — normals and trends
Gundelen (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,522 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 (16.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Gundelen averages 163 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 197 rainy days per year.
Gundelen has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 175 to 151 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.3 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -30.8 °C (on 21 November 1957).
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
GundelenKabardino-Balkariya Republic
- coords
- 43.60°, 43.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
0.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,522mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
8.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
197 d/yr
Annual snowfall
186.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
27.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
31.3 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-30.8 °C
21 November 1957
Wettest day
65 mm
12 August 2004
Windiest day
21.9 km/h
13 January 1976
Strongest gust
77.8 km/h
13 January 1976
Hottest feels-like
35.1 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
21 November 1957
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
5 March 2004
Sunniest day
14.5 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | -3.0 °C | -2.6 °C | 47 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +6.6 °C | 63 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 10.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 195 mm | +51 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 166 mm | -54 mm |
| Jun | 18.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 149 mm | -90 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 111 mm | -110 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 114 mm | -75 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 165 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 146 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +6.3 °C | 7 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gundelen?
Gundelen has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,522 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gundelen?
The hottest day measured in Gundelen between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 31.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gundelen?
The coldest day measured in Gundelen between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1957, at -30.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gundelen?
Yes. Gundelen gets on average 186.6 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Gundelen warmed?
Yes: Gundelen warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gundelen?
The wettest day measured in Gundelen between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2004, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gundelen?
The windiest day measured in Gundelen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1976, with winds reaching 21.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gundelen?
The warmest month in Gundelen is July (16.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Gundelen?
Gundelen receives on average 1,522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gundelen?
Gundelen gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gundelen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gundelen between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2004, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gundelen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gundelen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gundelen?
In Gundelen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.1 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 21 November 1957.
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