Ilek climate — normals and trends
Ilek (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 410 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Ilek averages 164 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Ilek has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 174 to 154 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 15 July 2020) and the coldest -45.7 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
IlekOrenburg Oblast
- coords
- 51.53°, 53.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
0.8°C
Annual rainfall
410mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
35.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
164 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
32 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
40.5 °C
15 July 2020
Coldest day
-45.7 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
42 mm
15 July 2019
Windiest day
69.1 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-50.8 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.4 cm
5 February 2013
Sunniest day
15.3 h
19 June 2023
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 | -3.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 33 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -6.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 5.7 °C | +7.1 °C | 34 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +5.8 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 35 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 56 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +6.1 °C | 32 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -3.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 48 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ilek?
Ilek has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 410 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ilek?
The hottest day measured in Ilek between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2020, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ilek?
The coldest day measured in Ilek between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -45.7 °C.
Does it snow in Ilek?
Yes. Ilek gets on average 106.7 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.
Has the climate of Ilek warmed?
Yes: Ilek warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ilek?
The wettest day measured in Ilek between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2019, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ilek?
The windiest day measured in Ilek between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 69.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ilek?
The warmest month in Ilek is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ilek?
Ilek receives on average 410 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ilek?
Ilek gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ilek?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ilek between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2013, with 15.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ilek?
Yes: Ilek has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ilek?
In Ilek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -50.8 °C on 12 January 1940.
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