Kislovodsk climate — normals and trends
Kislovodsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 944 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kislovodsk averages 132 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Kislovodsk has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 149 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 21 July 2021) and the coldest -26.0 °C (on 14 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
KislovodskStavropol Kray
- coords
- 43.91°, 42.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
944mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
34.4 °C
21 July 2021
Coldest day
-26.0 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
74 mm
31 May 1998
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
5 December 1986
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
5 December 1986
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
5 March 2004
Sunniest day
14.7 h
29 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 | 7.2 °C | +6.3 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | -3.2 °C | 44 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +6.6 °C | 55 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 108 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 105 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 58 mm | -75 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 43 mm | -70 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 19 mm | -80 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 93 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 112 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +6.3 °C | 2 mm | -45 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 58 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kislovodsk?
Kislovodsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 944 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kislovodsk?
The hottest day measured in Kislovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2021, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kislovodsk?
The coldest day measured in Kislovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -26.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kislovodsk?
Yes. Kislovodsk gets on average 119.3 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Kislovodsk warmed?
Yes: Kislovodsk warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kislovodsk?
The wettest day measured in Kislovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1998, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kislovodsk?
The windiest day measured in Kislovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1986, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kislovodsk?
The warmest month in Kislovodsk is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kislovodsk?
Kislovodsk receives on average 944 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kislovodsk?
Kislovodsk gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kislovodsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kislovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2004, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kislovodsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kislovodsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kislovodsk?
In Kislovodsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 14 January 1950.
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