Kashkhatau climate — normals and trends
Kashkhatau (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 1,555 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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kashkhatau averages 179 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 211 rainy days per year.
Kashkhatau has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 189 to 169 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.2 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 21 November 1957).
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
KashkhatauKabardino-Balkariya Republic
- coords
- 43.32°, 43.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.8°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
-0.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,555mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
179 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
211 d/yr
Annual snowfall
200.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
29.2 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
21 November 1957
Wettest day
65 mm
17 June 2001
Windiest day
21.4 km/h
13 January 1976
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
13 January 1976
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
21 November 1957
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
5 March 2004
Sunniest day
14.4 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -5.1 °C | -3.1 °C | 42 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 7.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 58 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 8.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 179 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 176 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 16.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 173 mm | -87 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 216 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 171 mm | -49 mm |
| Sep | 13.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 189 mm | +37 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 116 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 6 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 0.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 39 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kashkhatau?
Kashkhatau has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 1,555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kashkhatau?
The hottest day measured in Kashkhatau between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 29.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kashkhatau?
The coldest day measured in Kashkhatau between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1957, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kashkhatau?
Yes. Kashkhatau gets on average 200.0 cm of snow per year and has around 179 frost days.
Has the climate of Kashkhatau warmed?
Yes: Kashkhatau warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kashkhatau?
The wettest day measured in Kashkhatau between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2001, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kashkhatau?
The windiest day measured in Kashkhatau between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1976, with winds reaching 21.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kashkhatau?
The warmest month in Kashkhatau is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kashkhatau?
Kashkhatau receives on average 1,555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 211 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kashkhatau?
Kashkhatau gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kashkhatau?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kashkhatau between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2004, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kashkhatau?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kashkhatau.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kashkhatau?
In Kashkhatau, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 21 November 1957.
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