Kasumkent climate — normals and trends
Kasumkent (Russia) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 535 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Kasumkent averages 94 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Kasumkent has warmed by +1.9 °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 115 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 20 July 1968) and the coldest -22.3 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
KasumkentDagestan
- coords
- 41.68°, 48.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
535mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
94 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
24.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
39.1 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest day
-22.3 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
78 mm
10 July 1958
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
13 March 1968
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
13 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest feels-like
-26.4 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
5 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.1 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 30 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 49 mm | 0 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +6.0 °C | 21 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 85 mm | +46 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 21 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 12 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 24 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 191 mm | +133 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 62 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 48 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 60 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kasumkent?
Kasumkent has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 535 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kasumkent?
The hottest day measured in Kasumkent between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1968, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kasumkent?
The coldest day measured in Kasumkent between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -22.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kasumkent?
Yes. Kasumkent gets on average 98.6 cm of snow per year and has around 94 frost days.
Has the climate of Kasumkent warmed?
Yes: Kasumkent warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kasumkent?
The wettest day measured in Kasumkent between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1958, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kasumkent?
The windiest day measured in Kasumkent between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1968, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kasumkent?
The warmest month in Kasumkent is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kasumkent?
Kasumkent receives on average 535 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kasumkent?
Kasumkent gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kasumkent?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kasumkent between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2010, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kasumkent?
Yes: Kasumkent has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kasumkent?
In Kasumkent, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 20 July 1968, and the lowest was -26.4 °C on 12 January 1940.
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