Kirs climate — normals and trends
Kirs (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 661 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kirs averages 191 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Kirs has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 200 to 182 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -48.7 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
KirsKirov Oblast
- coords
- 59.34°, 52.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.7°C
Average daily high
5.4°C
Average daily low
-2.1°C
Annual rainfall
661mm
Sunshine / day
6.5h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
31.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
164.3 cm
Average feels-like high
2.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
36.7 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-48.7 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
45 mm
25 October 2005
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
20 October 1991
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-54.1 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
21.2 cm
18 October 1954
Sunniest day
17.2 h
23 June 1953
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 | -4.2 °C | +7.2 °C | 60 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | -5.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 15 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 3.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 8.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 68 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 20.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 131 mm | +52 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 30 mm | -53 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 107 mm | +33 mm |
| Sep | 14.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 28 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 7.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 34 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 1.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 80 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | -7.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 57 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kirs?
Kirs has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 661 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirs?
The hottest day measured in Kirs between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kirs?
The coldest day measured in Kirs between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -48.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kirs?
Yes. Kirs gets on average 164.3 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Kirs warmed?
Yes: Kirs warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kirs?
The wettest day measured in Kirs between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2005, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kirs?
The windiest day measured in Kirs between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kirs?
The warmest month in Kirs is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kirs?
Kirs receives on average 661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kirs?
Kirs gets on average 6.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,373 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kirs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kirs between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1954, with 21.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kirs?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kirs.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirs?
In Kirs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -54.1 °C on 31 December 1978.
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