Kem' climate — normals and trends
Kem' (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.6 °C and it receives 523 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 (14.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kem' averages 190 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Kem' has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 203 to 177 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.0 °C (on 13 July 2010) and the coldest -39.4 °C (on 8 January 1985).
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
Kem'Republic of Karelia
- coords
- 64.96°, 34.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.6°C
Average daily high
4.4°C
Average daily low
-1.5°C
Annual rainfall
523mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
190 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
142.0 cm
Average feels-like high
0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
30.0 °C
13 July 2010
Coldest day
-39.4 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
45 mm
7 July 2007
Windiest day
45.5 km/h
4 March 1953
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
1 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
31.4 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.5 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
24 November 1994
Sunniest day
20.4 h
25 June 2023
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 | -5.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 49 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | -3.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 19 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 1.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 35 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 6.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 10.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 71 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 14.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 64 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 76 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 18.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 16.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 59 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 7.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 36 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 1.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | -1.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 63 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kem'?
Kem' has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.6 °C and it receives 523 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kem'?
The hottest day measured in Kem' between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2010, reaching 30.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kem'?
The coldest day measured in Kem' between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -39.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kem'?
Yes. Kem' gets on average 142.0 cm of snow per year and has around 190 frost days.
Has the climate of Kem' warmed?
Yes: Kem' warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kem'?
The wettest day measured in Kem' between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2007, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kem'?
The windiest day measured in Kem' between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1953, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kem'?
The warmest month in Kem' is July (14.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kem'?
Kem' receives on average 523 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kem'?
Kem' gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kem'?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kem' between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1994, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kem'?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kem'.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kem'?
In Kem', between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.4 °C on 28 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.5 °C on 8 January 1985.
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