Kardonikskaya climate — normals and trends
Kardonikskaya (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,586 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 (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kardonikskaya averages 164 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Kardonikskaya has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 177 to 151 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.0 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 14 January 1950).
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
KardonikskayaKarachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
- coords
- 43.87°, 41.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,586mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
164 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
215.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
32.0 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
77 mm
28 July 1944
Windiest day
28.7 km/h
13 January 1976
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
13 January 1976
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
31.2 cm
24 March 1998
Sunniest day
14.9 h
30 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 28 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | -2.4 °C | 60 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +6.3 °C | 79 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 10.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 182 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 251 mm | +52 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 184 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 124 mm | -124 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 161 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 172 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 147 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +6.0 °C | 20 mm | -46 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kardonikskaya?
Kardonikskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,586 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kardonikskaya?
The hottest day measured in Kardonikskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 32.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kardonikskaya?
The coldest day measured in Kardonikskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kardonikskaya?
Yes. Kardonikskaya gets on average 215.0 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.
Has the climate of Kardonikskaya warmed?
Yes: Kardonikskaya warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kardonikskaya?
The wettest day measured in Kardonikskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1944, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kardonikskaya?
The windiest day measured in Kardonikskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1976, with winds reaching 28.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kardonikskaya?
The warmest month in Kardonikskaya is July (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kardonikskaya?
Kardonikskaya receives on average 1,586 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kardonikskaya?
Kardonikskaya gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kardonikskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kardonikskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1998, with 31.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kardonikskaya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kardonikskaya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kardonikskaya?
In Kardonikskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 14 January 1950.
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