Karabash climate — normals and trends
Karabash (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 567 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Karabash averages 186 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Karabash 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 196 to 176 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -43.8 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
KarabashChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.49°, 60.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.7°C
Average daily high
5.5°C
Average daily low
-2.1°C
Annual rainfall
567mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
186 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.5 cm
Average feels-like high
2.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
36.0 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-43.8 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
55 mm
28 July 1948
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
19 October 1954
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-49.8 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
25 April 2014
Sunniest day
16.0 h
26 June 2025
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 | -4.6 °C | +6.9 °C | 27 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -5.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 2.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 38 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 11.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 65 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 38 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 21.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 116 mm | +42 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 117 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 75 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 14.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 54 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 7.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 21 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 2.3 °C | +5.9 °C | 41 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -7.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 33 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karabash?
Karabash has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 567 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karabash?
The hottest day measured in Karabash between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karabash?
The coldest day measured in Karabash between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -43.8 °C.
Does it snow in Karabash?
Yes. Karabash gets on average 117.5 cm of snow per year and has around 186 frost days.
Has the climate of Karabash warmed?
Yes: Karabash warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karabash?
The wettest day measured in Karabash between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1948, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karabash?
The windiest day measured in Karabash between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1954, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karabash?
The warmest month in Karabash is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Karabash?
Karabash receives on average 567 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karabash?
Karabash gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karabash?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karabash between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 2014, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karabash?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Karabash.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karabash?
In Karabash, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -49.8 °C on 1 January 1979.
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