Krasnokholm climate — normals and trends
Krasnokholm (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 417 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Krasnokholm averages 165 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Krasnokholm has warmed by +2.7 °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 175 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 8 July 2011) and the coldest -44.6 °C (on 12 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
KrasnokholmOrenburg Oblast
- coords
- 51.60°, 54.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
417mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
35.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
165 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
41.3 °C
8 July 2011
Coldest day
-44.6 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
54 mm
24 June 1978
Windiest day
63.7 km/h
16 March 1968
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
16 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
11 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-50.1 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
5 February 2013
Sunniest day
15.3 h
27 June 2023
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 | -3.4 °C | +6.1 °C | 37 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -6.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 5.1 °C | +6.7 °C | 35 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +6.0 °C | 24 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 42 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 46 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 21 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 28.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 25 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 47 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 6.2 °C | +6.1 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | -3.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 52 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Krasnokholm?
Krasnokholm has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 417 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Krasnokholm?
The hottest day measured in Krasnokholm between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2011, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Krasnokholm?
The coldest day measured in Krasnokholm between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -44.6 °C.
Does it snow in Krasnokholm?
Yes. Krasnokholm gets on average 113.7 cm of snow per year and has around 165 frost days.
Has the climate of Krasnokholm warmed?
Yes: Krasnokholm warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Krasnokholm?
The wettest day measured in Krasnokholm between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1978, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Krasnokholm?
The windiest day measured in Krasnokholm between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1968, with winds reaching 63.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Krasnokholm?
The warmest month in Krasnokholm is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Krasnokholm?
Krasnokholm receives on average 417 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Krasnokholm?
Krasnokholm gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Krasnokholm?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Krasnokholm between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2013, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Krasnokholm?
Yes: Krasnokholm has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Krasnokholm?
In Krasnokholm, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 11 July 2020, and the lowest was -50.1 °C on 12 January 1940.
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