Khosta climate — normals and trends
Khosta (Russia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 1,285 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Khosta averages 6 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Khosta 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 9 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -8.2 °C (on 12 January 1950).
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
KhostaKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 43.51°, 39.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,285mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.6 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
11.6 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
73 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
36.7 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-8.2 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
101 mm
29 July 2003
Windiest day
49.2 km/h
23 December 2023
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
9 September 1996
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-15.3 °C
1 February 1967
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
23 January 1968
Sunniest day
15.0 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 95 mm | -58 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | -2.0 °C | 129 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 58 mm | -52 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 95 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 83 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 81 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 21 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 47 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 152 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 229 mm | +108 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 46 mm | -83 mm |
| Dec | 11.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 192 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khosta?
Khosta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 1,285 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khosta?
The hottest day measured in Khosta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khosta?
The coldest day measured in Khosta between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -8.2 °C.
Does it snow in Khosta?
Yes. Khosta gets on average 53.6 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Khosta warmed?
Yes: Khosta warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khosta?
The wettest day measured in Khosta between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2003, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khosta?
The windiest day measured in Khosta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2023, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khosta?
The warmest month in Khosta is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Khosta?
Khosta receives on average 1,285 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khosta?
Khosta gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khosta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khosta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1968, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khosta?
Yes: Khosta has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khosta?
In Khosta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -15.3 °C on 1 February 1967.
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