Karpinsk climate — normals and trends
Karpinsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.3 °C and it receives 563 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Karpinsk averages 202 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Karpinsk has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 210 to 194 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 15 July 2020) and the coldest -45.4 °C (on 8 December 1968).
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
KarpinskSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 59.77°, 60.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.3°C
Average daily high
4.3°C
Average daily low
-3.7°C
Annual rainfall
563mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
33.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
202 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
127.3 cm
Average feels-like high
0.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
35.1 °C
15 July 2020
Coldest day
-45.4 °C
8 December 1968
Wettest day
66 mm
12 June 1993
Windiest day
36.7 km/h
20 May 1994
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
25 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
9 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-51.3 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
28 April 2025
Sunniest day
18.0 h
5 July 1940
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 | -7.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 35 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | -7.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 1.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 10 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 7.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 83 mm | +47 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 82 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 61 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 56 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 61 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 14.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 61 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 6.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | -0.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 46 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -10.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 55 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karpinsk?
Karpinsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.3 °C and it receives 563 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karpinsk?
The hottest day measured in Karpinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2020, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karpinsk?
The coldest day measured in Karpinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1968, at -45.4 °C.
Does it snow in Karpinsk?
Yes. Karpinsk gets on average 127.3 cm of snow per year and has around 202 frost days.
Has the climate of Karpinsk warmed?
Yes: Karpinsk warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karpinsk?
The wettest day measured in Karpinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1993, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karpinsk?
The windiest day measured in Karpinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1994, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karpinsk?
The warmest month in Karpinsk is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Karpinsk?
Karpinsk receives on average 563 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karpinsk?
Karpinsk gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karpinsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karpinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 2025, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karpinsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Karpinsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karpinsk?
In Karpinsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 9 July 2020, and the lowest was -51.3 °C on 31 December 1978.
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