Karagach climate — normals and trends
Karagach (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 675 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Karagach averages 110 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Karagach has warmed by +2.6 °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 128 to 92 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 15 August 1948) and the coldest -30.5 °C (on 23 January 1972).
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
KaragachKabardino-Balkariya Republic
- coords
- 43.81°, 43.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
675mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
24.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
39.4 °C
15 August 1948
Coldest day
-30.5 °C
23 January 1972
Wettest day
60 mm
1 June 1948
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
81.7 km/h
24 February 1977
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.2 °C
23 January 1972
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
29 October 2003
Sunniest day
14.4 h
29 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 33 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 97 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 65 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 29 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 14 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 15 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 98 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 65 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 2 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 42 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karagach?
Karagach has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karagach?
The hottest day measured in Karagach between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1948, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karagach?
The coldest day measured in Karagach between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1972, at -30.5 °C.
Does it snow in Karagach?
Yes. Karagach gets on average 80.8 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Karagach warmed?
Yes: Karagach warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karagach?
The wettest day measured in Karagach between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1948, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karagach?
The windiest day measured in Karagach between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karagach?
The warmest month in Karagach is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Karagach?
Karagach receives on average 675 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karagach?
Karagach 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 Karagach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karagach between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2003, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karagach?
Yes: Karagach has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karagach?
In Karagach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 31 July 2011, and the lowest was -35.2 °C on 23 January 1972.
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