Kapustin Yar climate — normals and trends
Kapustin Yar (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 321 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kapustin Yar averages 129 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Kapustin Yar has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -37.6 °C (on 9 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
Kapustin YarAstrakhan Oblast
- coords
- 48.58°, 45.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
321mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
32.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
31 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 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
43.3 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-37.6 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
49 mm
27 June 1973
Windiest day
61.9 km/h
28 January 1964
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
2 April 1946
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-42.9 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
21 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.6 h
27 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | +6.8 °C | 13 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 25 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +7.0 °C | 24 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 22 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 21 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 7 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 4 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 41 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 16 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 0.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kapustin Yar?
Kapustin Yar has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 321 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapustin Yar?
The hottest day measured in Kapustin Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kapustin Yar?
The coldest day measured in Kapustin Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -37.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kapustin Yar?
Yes. Kapustin Yar gets on average 56.7 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Kapustin Yar warmed?
Yes: Kapustin Yar warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kapustin Yar?
The wettest day measured in Kapustin Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1973, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kapustin Yar?
The windiest day measured in Kapustin Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1964, with winds reaching 61.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kapustin Yar?
The warmest month in Kapustin Yar is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kapustin Yar?
Kapustin Yar receives on average 321 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kapustin Yar?
Kapustin Yar gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kapustin Yar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kapustin Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1999, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kapustin Yar?
Yes: Kapustin Yar has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kapustin Yar?
In Kapustin Yar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -42.9 °C on 9 January 1940.
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