Khankala climate — normals and trends
Khankala (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 646 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Khankala averages 92 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Khankala has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 112 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -29.0 °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
KhankalaChechnya
- coords
- 43.30°, 45.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
646mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
25.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
40.8 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
79 mm
8 July 1945
Windiest day
33.6 km/h
25 June 1956
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
17 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
44.7 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
25 November 1992
Sunniest day
14.0 h
7 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 25 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 0.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 40 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 52 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 82 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 52 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 13 mm | -58 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 22 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 127 mm | +68 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 13.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 9 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 46 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khankala?
Khankala has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 646 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khankala?
The hottest day measured in Khankala between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khankala?
The coldest day measured in Khankala between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Khankala?
Yes. Khankala gets on average 67.8 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Khankala warmed?
Yes: Khankala warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khankala?
The wettest day measured in Khankala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1945, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khankala?
The windiest day measured in Khankala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1956, with winds reaching 33.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khankala?
The warmest month in Khankala is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Khankala?
Khankala receives on average 646 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khankala?
Khankala gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khankala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khankala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1992, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khankala?
Yes: Khankala has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khankala?
In Khankala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 12 January 1940.
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