Kargasok climate — normals and trends
Kargasok (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 554 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-20.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kargasok averages 206 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Kargasok 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 214 to 198 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 26 June 1969) and the coldest -51.2 °C (on 13 January 2006).
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
KargasokTomsk Oblast
- coords
- 59.06°, 80.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.0°C
Average daily high
2.9°C
Average daily low
-4.9°C
Annual rainfall
554mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
38.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
206 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.0 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
34.4 °C
26 June 1969
Coldest day
-51.2 °C
13 January 2006
Wettest day
64 mm
25 June 2007
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
7 May 2022
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
9 March 2002
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
1 July 1969
Coldest feels-like
-56.5 °C
12 January 2006
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
23 April 1962
Sunniest day
17.4 h
27 June 1944
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 | -8.4 °C | +8.2 °C | 43 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | -8.0 °C | +5.4 °C | 21 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | -0.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 44 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 6.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 86 mm | +51 mm |
| May | 12.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 44 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +5.5 °C | 61 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 112 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 108 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 14.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 26 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 3.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 23 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | -5.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 50 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -13.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 40 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kargasok?
Kargasok has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 554 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kargasok?
The hottest day measured in Kargasok between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1969, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kargasok?
The coldest day measured in Kargasok between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2006, at -51.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kargasok?
Yes. Kargasok gets on average 138.0 cm of snow per year and has around 206 frost days.
Has the climate of Kargasok warmed?
Yes: Kargasok warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kargasok?
The wettest day measured in Kargasok between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2007, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kargasok?
The windiest day measured in Kargasok between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2022, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kargasok?
The warmest month in Kargasok is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-20.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kargasok?
Kargasok receives on average 554 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kargasok?
Kargasok gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kargasok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kargasok between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1962, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kargasok?
Yes: Kargasok has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kargasok?
In Kargasok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 1 July 1969, and the lowest was -56.5 °C on 12 January 2006.
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