Kavkazskaya climate — normals and trends
Kavkazskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 625 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kavkazskaya averages 88 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Kavkazskaya has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 102 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 31 July 2015) and the coldest -33.6 °C (on 12 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
KavkazskayaKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 45.44°, 40.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
625mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
40.9 °C
31 July 2015
Coldest day
-33.6 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
65 mm
24 June 1988
Windiest day
52.4 km/h
4 January 1969
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
17 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-38.9 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
18 December 1945
Sunniest day
15.0 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 26 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | -2.7 °C | 30 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +6.1 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 65 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 43 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 23 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 14 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 75 mm | +32 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 80 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +5.6 °C | 18 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 65 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kavkazskaya?
Kavkazskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 625 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kavkazskaya?
The hottest day measured in Kavkazskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2015, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kavkazskaya?
The coldest day measured in Kavkazskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -33.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kavkazskaya?
Yes. Kavkazskaya gets on average 53.7 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Kavkazskaya warmed?
Yes: Kavkazskaya warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kavkazskaya?
The wettest day measured in Kavkazskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1988, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kavkazskaya?
The windiest day measured in Kavkazskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1969, with winds reaching 52.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kavkazskaya?
The warmest month in Kavkazskaya is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kavkazskaya?
Kavkazskaya receives on average 625 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kavkazskaya?
Kavkazskaya gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kavkazskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kavkazskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1945, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kavkazskaya?
Yes: Kavkazskaya has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kavkazskaya?
In Kavkazskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -38.9 °C on 12 January 1950.
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