Khandyga climate — normals and trends
Khandyga (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -10.8 °C and it receives 345 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-44.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Khandyga averages 235 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Khandyga has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 238 to 232 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -63.8 °C (on 25 January 1952).
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
KhandygaSakha
- coords
- 62.65°, 135.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-10.8°C
Average daily high
-5.9°C
Average daily low
-15.9°C
Annual rainfall
345mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
62.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
235 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.5 cm
Average feels-like high
-9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-19.7 °C
Average peak gust
20.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · 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
37.9 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-63.8 °C
25 January 1952
Wettest day
47 mm
18 June 1981
Windiest day
30.8 km/h
20 May 1981
Strongest gust
72.0 km/h
2 June 2018
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-68.2 °C
25 January 1952
Snowiest day
11.8 cm
22 September 1966
Sunniest day
19.2 h
23 June 1971
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 | -31.8 °C | +9.3 °C | 18 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | -30.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | -15.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 6.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 32 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 38 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 68 mm | +18 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 41 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 37 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 11.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 51 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | -6.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 3 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | -24.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | -40.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khandyga?
Khandyga has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -10.8 °C and it receives 345 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khandyga?
The hottest day measured in Khandyga between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khandyga?
The coldest day measured in Khandyga between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1952, at -63.8 °C.
Does it snow in Khandyga?
Yes. Khandyga gets on average 54.5 cm of snow per year and has around 235 frost days.
Has the climate of Khandyga warmed?
Yes: Khandyga warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khandyga?
The wettest day measured in Khandyga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1981, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khandyga?
The windiest day measured in Khandyga between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1981, with winds reaching 30.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khandyga?
The warmest month in Khandyga is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-44.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Khandyga?
Khandyga receives on average 345 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khandyga?
Khandyga gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khandyga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khandyga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1966, with 11.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khandyga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Khandyga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khandyga?
In Khandyga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 6 July 2022, and the lowest was -68.2 °C on 25 January 1952.
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