Kirovsk climate — normals and trends
Kirovsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 652 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kirovsk averages 150 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Kirovsk has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 168 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -39.7 °C (on 11 January 1987).
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
KirovskLeningradskaya Oblast'
- coords
- 59.88°, 31.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.7°C
Average daily high
7.6°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
652mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
150 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.0 cm
Average feels-like high
4.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.0 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-39.7 °C
11 January 1987
Wettest day
50 mm
2 July 1974
Windiest day
46.4 km/h
26 March 2022
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
31 December 1975
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-45.4 °C
11 January 1987
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
23 March 1971
Sunniest day
18.0 h
17 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 89 mm | +53 mm |
| Feb | -2.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 4.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 47 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 8.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 48 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 74 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 132 mm | +65 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 54 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 90 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 24 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 8.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 62 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 59 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kirovsk?
Kirovsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 652 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirovsk?
The hottest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kirovsk?
The coldest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1987, at -39.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kirovsk?
Yes. Kirovsk gets on average 119.0 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.
Has the climate of Kirovsk warmed?
Yes: Kirovsk warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kirovsk?
The wettest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1974, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kirovsk?
The windiest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2022, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kirovsk?
The warmest month in Kirovsk is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kirovsk?
Kirovsk receives on average 652 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kirovsk?
Kirovsk gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kirovsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1971, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kirovsk?
Yes: Kirovsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirovsk?
In Kirovsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -45.4 °C on 11 January 1987.
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