Kirovsk climate — normals and trends
Kirovsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.1 °C and it receives 646 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 (13.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kirovsk averages 224 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Kirovsk has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 235 to 213 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.2 °C (on 13 July 1972) and the coldest -43.0 °C (on 27 January 1999).
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
KirovskMurmansk
- coords
- 67.61°, 33.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.1°C
Average daily high
1.7°C
Average daily low
-4.3°C
Annual rainfall
646mm
Sunshine / day
6.2h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
224 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
221.0 cm
Average feels-like high
-1.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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
30.2 °C
13 July 1972
Coldest day
-43.0 °C
27 January 1999
Wettest day
53 mm
27 July 1946
Windiest day
39.4 km/h
2 February 1993
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
24 October 1988
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
13 July 1972
Coldest feels-like
-48.2 °C
27 January 1999
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
26 May 1986
Sunniest day
22.4 h
23 June 2020
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 | -9.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 62 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | -4.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 26 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | -2.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 60 mm | +24 mm |
| Apr | 0.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 46 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 8.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 49 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 12.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 66 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 69 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 16.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 125 mm | +49 mm |
| Sep | 13.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 71 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 4.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 88 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | -3.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 94 mm | +38 mm |
| Dec | -4.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 62 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kirovsk?
Kirovsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.1 °C and it receives 646 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 13 July 1972, reaching 30.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kirovsk?
The coldest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1999, at -43.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kirovsk?
Yes. Kirovsk gets on average 221.0 cm of snow per year and has around 224 frost days.
Has the climate of Kirovsk warmed?
Yes: Kirovsk warmed by +2.1 °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 27 July 1946, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kirovsk?
The windiest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1993, with winds reaching 39.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kirovsk?
The warmest month in Kirovsk is July (13.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kirovsk?
Kirovsk receives on average 646 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kirovsk?
Kirovsk gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 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 26 May 1986, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kirovsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kirovsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirovsk?
In Kirovsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 13 July 1972, and the lowest was -48.2 °C on 27 January 1999.
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