Kholmsk climate — normals and trends
Kholmsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 927 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 August (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kholmsk averages 153 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Kholmsk has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.3 °C (on 29 July 2021) and the coldest -24.9 °C (on 12 January 1979).
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
KholmskSakhalin Oblast
- coords
- 47.05°, 142.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.8°C
Average daily high
5.5°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
927mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
25.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
224.8 cm
Average feels-like high
2.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
25.3 °C
29 July 2021
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
12 January 1979
Wettest day
109 mm
5 August 1981
Windiest day
91.9 km/h
2 October 2015
Strongest gust
139.3 km/h
2 October 2015
Hottest feels-like
30.6 °C
31 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-32.2 °C
12 January 1979
Snowiest day
51.4 cm
25 November 1988
Sunniest day
15.0 h
22 May 1940
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 | -3.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 79 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | -3.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 49 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | -0.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 49 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 5.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 56 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 9.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 33 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 14.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 68 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 20.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 53 mm | -41 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 133 mm | +22 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 92 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 90 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 90 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | -3.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 89 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kholmsk?
Kholmsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kholmsk?
The hottest day measured in Kholmsk between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2021, reaching 25.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kholmsk?
The coldest day measured in Kholmsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1979, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kholmsk?
Yes. Kholmsk gets on average 224.8 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Kholmsk warmed?
Yes: Kholmsk warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kholmsk?
The wettest day measured in Kholmsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1981, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kholmsk?
The windiest day measured in Kholmsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2015, with winds reaching 91.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kholmsk?
The warmest month in Kholmsk is August (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kholmsk?
Kholmsk receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kholmsk?
Kholmsk gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kholmsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kholmsk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1988, with 51.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kholmsk?
Yes: Kholmsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kholmsk?
In Kholmsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.6 °C on 31 July 2021, and the lowest was -32.2 °C on 12 January 1979.
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