Krasnyy Yar climate — normals and trends
Krasnyy Yar (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 453 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Krasnyy Yar averages 154 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Krasnyy Yar has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 167 to 141 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 1 August 2010) and the coldest -39.9 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
Krasnyy YarVolgograd Oblast
- coords
- 50.70°, 44.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
453mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
20.8km/h
Seasonal range
31.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
154 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
40.4 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.9 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
45 mm
29 July 1983
Windiest day
73.2 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-45.8 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
16 February 2010
Sunniest day
16.0 h
27 June 1940
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 | 0.6 °C | +7.4 °C | 21 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -5.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 35 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +8.1 °C | 47 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 16 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 21.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 64 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 65 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +5.9 °C | 32 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -1.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Krasnyy Yar?
Krasnyy Yar has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 453 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Krasnyy Yar?
The hottest day measured in Krasnyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2010, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Krasnyy Yar?
The coldest day measured in Krasnyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.9 °C.
Does it snow in Krasnyy Yar?
Yes. Krasnyy Yar gets on average 100.5 cm of snow per year and has around 154 frost days.
Has the climate of Krasnyy Yar warmed?
Yes: Krasnyy Yar warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Krasnyy Yar?
The wettest day measured in Krasnyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1983, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Krasnyy Yar?
The windiest day measured in Krasnyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 73.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Krasnyy Yar?
The warmest month in Krasnyy Yar is July (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Krasnyy Yar?
Krasnyy Yar receives on average 453 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Krasnyy Yar?
Krasnyy Yar 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 Krasnyy Yar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Krasnyy Yar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2010, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Krasnyy Yar?
Yes: Krasnyy Yar has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Krasnyy Yar?
In Krasnyy Yar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -45.8 °C on 22 January 1942.
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