Kikvidze climate — normals and trends
Kikvidze (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 499 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kikvidze averages 146 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Kikvidze has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 160 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 26 July 1971) and the coldest -39.6 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
KikvidzeVolgograd Oblast
- coords
- 50.74°, 43.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
499mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
30.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.7 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
40.9 °C
26 July 1971
Coldest day
-39.6 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
15 July 2007
Windiest day
63.9 km/h
30 March 1942
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
30 March 1942
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-45.2 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.3 cm
19 April 1979
Sunniest day
15.9 h
19 June 1944
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 | 1.4 °C | +7.3 °C | 28 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | -5.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 33 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 8.9 °C | +7.7 °C | 46 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 80 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 38 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 20 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 4 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 59 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 34 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | -0.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kikvidze?
Kikvidze has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 499 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kikvidze?
The hottest day measured in Kikvidze between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1971, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kikvidze?
The coldest day measured in Kikvidze between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kikvidze?
Yes. Kikvidze gets on average 100.7 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Kikvidze warmed?
Yes: Kikvidze warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kikvidze?
The wettest day measured in Kikvidze between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2007, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kikvidze?
The windiest day measured in Kikvidze between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1942, with winds reaching 63.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kikvidze?
The warmest month in Kikvidze is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kikvidze?
Kikvidze receives on average 499 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kikvidze?
Kikvidze gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kikvidze?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kikvidze between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1979, with 21.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kikvidze?
Yes: Kikvidze has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kikvidze?
In Kikvidze, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -45.2 °C on 22 January 1942.
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