Karabudakhkent climate — normals and trends
Karabudakhkent (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Karabudakhkent averages 78 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Karabudakhkent has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 53 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 31 July 2011) and the coldest -24.8 °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
KarabudakhkentDagestan
- coords
- 42.71°, 47.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
522mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °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
34.2 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
53 mm
3 September 1963
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
20 November 1957
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
20 November 1957
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
25 November 1992
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 21 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | -2.0 °C | 32 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 22 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | +37 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 42 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 22.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 51 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 185 mm | +120 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 34 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 2 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 38 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karabudakhkent?
Karabudakhkent has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 522 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karabudakhkent?
The hottest day measured in Karabudakhkent between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2011, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karabudakhkent?
The coldest day measured in Karabudakhkent between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Karabudakhkent?
Yes. Karabudakhkent gets on average 65.7 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Karabudakhkent warmed?
Yes: Karabudakhkent warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karabudakhkent?
The wettest day measured in Karabudakhkent between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1963, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karabudakhkent?
The windiest day measured in Karabudakhkent between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1957, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karabudakhkent?
The warmest month in Karabudakhkent is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Karabudakhkent?
Karabudakhkent receives on average 522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karabudakhkent?
Karabudakhkent gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karabudakhkent?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karabudakhkent between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1992, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karabudakhkent?
Yes: Karabudakhkent has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karabudakhkent?
In Karabudakhkent, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 31 July 2011, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 12 January 1940.
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