Kharovsk climate — normals and trends
Kharovsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 704 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kharovsk averages 184 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Kharovsk has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 194 to 174 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -48.2 °C (on 16 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
KharovskVologda Oblast
- coords
- 59.96°, 40.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.5°C
Average daily high
6.0°C
Average daily low
-1.2°C
Annual rainfall
704mm
Sunshine / day
6.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
29.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
184 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
167.6 cm
Average feels-like high
2.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
35.1 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-48.2 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
22 June 1959
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
13 May 2000
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
13 September 2018
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-53.0 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
12 October 1946
Sunniest day
17.8 h
22 June 2020
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 | -1.5 °C | +7.8 °C | 78 mm | +39 mm |
| Feb | -4.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 13 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 3.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 54 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 7.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 80 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 107 mm | +46 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 66 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 56 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 148 mm | +66 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 45 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 6.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 51 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 1.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 96 mm | +42 mm |
| Dec | -2.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 55 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kharovsk?
Kharovsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 704 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kharovsk?
The hottest day measured in Kharovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kharovsk?
The coldest day measured in Kharovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -48.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kharovsk?
Yes. Kharovsk gets on average 167.6 cm of snow per year and has around 184 frost days.
Has the climate of Kharovsk warmed?
Yes: Kharovsk warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kharovsk?
The wettest day measured in Kharovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1959, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kharovsk?
The windiest day measured in Kharovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 2000, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kharovsk?
The warmest month in Kharovsk is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kharovsk?
Kharovsk receives on average 704 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kharovsk?
Kharovsk gets on average 6.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,300 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kharovsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kharovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1946, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kharovsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kharovsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kharovsk?
In Kharovsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -53.0 °C on 16 January 1940.
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