Kotelnikowo climate — normals and trends
Kotelnikowo (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 422 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kotelnikowo averages 121 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Kotelnikowo 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 135 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 8 July 2020) and the coldest -36.8 °C (on 9 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
KotelnikowoVolgograd Oblast
- coords
- 47.63°, 43.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
422mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.9km/h
Seasonal range
30.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
40 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
41.9 °C
8 July 2020
Coldest day
-36.8 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
74 mm
3 August 2000
Windiest day
58.0 km/h
26 February 1940
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
3 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-42.3 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
24.5 cm
22 October 1999
Sunniest day
15.2 h
30 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.4 °C | +6.4 °C | 21 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 27 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +6.7 °C | 26 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 41 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 42 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 38 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 15 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 13 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 1.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kotelnikowo?
Kotelnikowo has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 422 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kotelnikowo?
The hottest day measured in Kotelnikowo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2020, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kotelnikowo?
The coldest day measured in Kotelnikowo between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -36.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kotelnikowo?
Yes. Kotelnikowo gets on average 64.9 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Kotelnikowo warmed?
Yes: Kotelnikowo warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kotelnikowo?
The wettest day measured in Kotelnikowo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2000, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kotelnikowo?
The windiest day measured in Kotelnikowo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1940, with winds reaching 58.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kotelnikowo?
The warmest month in Kotelnikowo is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kotelnikowo?
Kotelnikowo receives on average 422 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kotelnikowo?
Kotelnikowo gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kotelnikowo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kotelnikowo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1999, with 24.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kotelnikowo?
Yes: Kotelnikowo has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kotelnikowo?
In Kotelnikowo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -42.3 °C on 9 January 1940.
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