Karagay climate — normals and trends
Karagay (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.0 °C and it receives 637 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Karagay averages 187 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Karagay 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 198 to 176 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 31 July 2010) and the coldest -50.1 °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
KaragayPerm Krai
- coords
- 58.27°, 54.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.0°C
Average daily high
5.8°C
Average daily low
-1.9°C
Annual rainfall
637mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
32.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
187 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
157.5 cm
Average feels-like high
2.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
36.3 °C
31 July 2010
Coldest day
-50.1 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
38 mm
29 July 2018
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
20 October 1991
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
2 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
29 June 1954
Coldest feels-like
-55.6 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
10 April 1997
Sunniest day
17.1 h
17 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.4 °C | +7.0 °C | 66 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | -5.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 16 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 2.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 30 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 9.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 63 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 80 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 98 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 22.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 53 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 112 mm | +45 mm |
| Sep | 14.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 7.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 34 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 1.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 80 mm | +34 mm |
| Dec | -7.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 64 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karagay?
Karagay has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.0 °C and it receives 637 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karagay?
The hottest day measured in Karagay between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2010, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karagay?
The coldest day measured in Karagay between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -50.1 °C.
Does it snow in Karagay?
Yes. Karagay gets on average 157.5 cm of snow per year and has around 187 frost days.
Has the climate of Karagay warmed?
Yes: Karagay warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karagay?
The wettest day measured in Karagay between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2018, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karagay?
The windiest day measured in Karagay between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1991, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karagay?
The warmest month in Karagay is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Karagay?
Karagay receives on average 637 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karagay?
Karagay gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karagay?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karagay between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1997, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karagay?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Karagay.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karagay?
In Karagay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 29 June 1954, and the lowest was -55.6 °C on 31 December 1978.
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