Kresttsy climate — normals and trends
Kresttsy (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 734 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kresttsy averages 151 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Kresttsy has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 168 to 134 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -43.3 °C (on 16 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
KresttsyNovgorod Oblast
- coords
- 58.25°, 32.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
8.4°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
734mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
151 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
142.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
37.1 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-43.3 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
7 October 2003
Windiest day
44.2 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
4 November 2013
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-48.3 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
30 November 2012
Sunniest day
17.5 h
21 June 2005
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 | 1.7 °C | +7.3 °C | 91 mm | +43 mm |
| Feb | -2.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 25 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 7.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 59 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 92 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 160 mm | +81 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 96 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 101 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 35 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 9.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 52 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 74 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kresttsy?
Kresttsy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 734 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kresttsy?
The hottest day measured in Kresttsy between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kresttsy?
The coldest day measured in Kresttsy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -43.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kresttsy?
Yes. Kresttsy gets on average 142.1 cm of snow per year and has around 151 frost days.
Has the climate of Kresttsy warmed?
Yes: Kresttsy warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kresttsy?
The wettest day measured in Kresttsy between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2003, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kresttsy?
The windiest day measured in Kresttsy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 44.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kresttsy?
The warmest month in Kresttsy is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kresttsy?
Kresttsy receives on average 734 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kresttsy?
Kresttsy gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kresttsy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kresttsy between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2012, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kresttsy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kresttsy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kresttsy?
In Kresttsy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -48.3 °C on 16 January 1940.
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