Khilok climate — normals and trends
Khilok (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.7 °C and it receives 416 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Khilok averages 229 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Khilok has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 9 July 2016) and the coldest -46.9 °C (on 3 January 2000).
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
KhilokZabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray
- coords
- 51.36°, 110.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.7°C
Average daily high
4.3°C
Average daily low
-7.5°C
Annual rainfall
416mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
39.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
229 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.8 cm
Average feels-like high
0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-11.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
35.7 °C
9 July 2016
Coldest day
-46.9 °C
3 January 2000
Wettest day
51 mm
28 June 2024
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
28 September 1945
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
28 May 2016
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
26 June 2010
Coldest feels-like
-52.0 °C
3 January 2000
Snowiest day
29.7 cm
12 May 2012
Sunniest day
15.7 h
25 June 1963
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 | -12.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | -12.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 0.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 15 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 14 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 33 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 39 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 154 mm | +70 mm |
| Sep | 15.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 2.1 °C | -2.7 °C | 28 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | -3.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 27 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -14.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 11 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khilok?
Khilok has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.7 °C and it receives 416 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khilok?
The hottest day measured in Khilok between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2016, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khilok?
The coldest day measured in Khilok between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2000, at -46.9 °C.
Does it snow in Khilok?
Yes. Khilok gets on average 68.8 cm of snow per year and has around 229 frost days.
Has the climate of Khilok warmed?
Yes: Khilok warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khilok?
The wettest day measured in Khilok between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2024, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khilok?
The windiest day measured in Khilok between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1945, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khilok?
The warmest month in Khilok is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Khilok?
Khilok receives on average 416 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khilok?
Khilok gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khilok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khilok between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2012, with 29.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khilok?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Khilok.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khilok?
In Khilok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 26 June 2010, and the lowest was -52.0 °C on 3 January 2000.
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