Komsomol'skiy climate — normals and trends
Komsomol'skiy (Russia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 295 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Komsomol'skiy averages 98 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.
Komsomol'skiy has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -33.8 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
Komsomol'skiyKalmykiya Republic
- coords
- 45.33°, 46.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
295mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
29.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
67 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
66 d/yr
Annual snowfall
33.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
40 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
42.2 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-33.8 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
17 May 1991
Windiest day
59.5 km/h
5 March 2022
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
5 March 2022
Hottest feels-like
43.9 °C
12 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-39.7 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.7 cm
17 October 1976
Sunniest day
14.3 h
21 June 1951
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 | 5.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 13 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | -2.3 °C | 24 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 24 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 36 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 31 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 26 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 6 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 17 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 51 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 50 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 2 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 21 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Komsomol'skiy?
Komsomol'skiy has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 295 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Komsomol'skiy?
The hottest day measured in Komsomol'skiy between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Komsomol'skiy?
The coldest day measured in Komsomol'skiy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -33.8 °C.
Does it snow in Komsomol'skiy?
Yes. Komsomol'skiy gets on average 33.6 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Komsomol'skiy warmed?
Yes: Komsomol'skiy warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Komsomol'skiy?
The wettest day measured in Komsomol'skiy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1991, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Komsomol'skiy?
The windiest day measured in Komsomol'skiy between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2022, with winds reaching 59.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Komsomol'skiy?
The warmest month in Komsomol'skiy is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Komsomol'skiy?
Komsomol'skiy receives on average 295 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Komsomol'skiy?
Komsomol'skiy gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Komsomol'skiy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Komsomol'skiy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1976, with 14.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Komsomol'skiy?
Yes: Komsomol'skiy has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Komsomol'skiy?
In Komsomol'skiy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -39.7 °C on 11 January 1940.
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