Kizlyar climate — normals and trends
Kizlyar (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 620 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kizlyar averages 89 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Kizlyar has warmed by +2.5 °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 106 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 28 July 2000) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 19 January 1972).
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
KizlyarNorth Ossetia–Alania
- coords
- 43.70°, 44.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
620mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
89 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
41.6 °C
28 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
19 January 1972
Wettest day
60 mm
7 July 1991
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
31 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
8 February 2012
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
3 March 1955
Sunniest day
14.3 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 19 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | -2.5 °C | 31 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 41 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 106 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 61 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 38 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 39 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 106 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 52 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 1 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kizlyar?
Kizlyar has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 620 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kizlyar?
The hottest day measured in Kizlyar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2000, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kizlyar?
The coldest day measured in Kizlyar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1972, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Kizlyar?
Yes. Kizlyar gets on average 62.8 cm of snow per year and has around 89 frost days.
Has the climate of Kizlyar warmed?
Yes: Kizlyar warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kizlyar?
The wettest day measured in Kizlyar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1991, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kizlyar?
The windiest day measured in Kizlyar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kizlyar?
The warmest month in Kizlyar is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kizlyar?
Kizlyar receives on average 620 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kizlyar?
Kizlyar gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kizlyar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kizlyar between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1955, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kizlyar?
Yes: Kizlyar has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kizlyar?
In Kizlyar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 31 July 2011, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 8 February 2012.
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