Kachkanar climate — normals and trends
Kachkanar (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.6 °C and it receives 589 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kachkanar averages 201 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Kachkanar has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 210 to 192 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 16 July 2020) and the coldest -46.8 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
KachkanarSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 58.70°, 59.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.6°C
Average daily high
4.5°C
Average daily low
-3.4°C
Annual rainfall
589mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
32.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
201 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
139.0 cm
Average feels-like high
0.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
35.6 °C
16 July 2020
Coldest day
-46.8 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
54 mm
8 June 1952
Windiest day
37.6 km/h
9 June 1963
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
25 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
29 June 1954
Coldest feels-like
-52.8 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
3 June 1967
Sunniest day
18.0 h
19 June 2005
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 | -6.6 °C | +6.3 °C | 38 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | -5.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 22 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 1.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 21 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 7.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 76 mm | +36 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 118 mm | +61 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 64 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 13.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 67 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 6.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 36 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 0.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 53 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | -9.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 53 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kachkanar?
Kachkanar has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.6 °C and it receives 589 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kachkanar?
The hottest day measured in Kachkanar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kachkanar?
The coldest day measured in Kachkanar between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -46.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kachkanar?
Yes. Kachkanar gets on average 139.0 cm of snow per year and has around 201 frost days.
Has the climate of Kachkanar warmed?
Yes: Kachkanar warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kachkanar?
The wettest day measured in Kachkanar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1952, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kachkanar?
The windiest day measured in Kachkanar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1963, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kachkanar?
The warmest month in Kachkanar is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kachkanar?
Kachkanar receives on average 589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kachkanar?
Kachkanar gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kachkanar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kachkanar between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 1967, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kachkanar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kachkanar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kachkanar?
In Kachkanar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 29 June 1954, and the lowest was -52.8 °C on 31 December 1978.
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