Kunashak climate — normals and trends
Kunashak (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.7 °C and it receives 490 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kunashak averages 181 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Kunashak has warmed by +2.8 °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 192 to 170 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -42.8 °C (on 8 December 1968).
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
KunashakChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.70°, 61.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.7°C
Average daily high
6.7°C
Average daily low
-1.4°C
Annual rainfall
490mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
33.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
181 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.4 cm
Average feels-like high
3.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
38.9 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-42.8 °C
8 December 1968
Wettest day
52 mm
27 July 1946
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
9 February 1958
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
1 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-47.8 °C
8 December 1968
Snowiest day
26.1 cm
25 April 2014
Sunniest day
16.2 h
28 June 2003
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 | -4.9 °C | +6.9 °C | 29 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | -4.1 °C | +5.2 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 3.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 36 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 59 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 117 mm | +55 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 95 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 82 mm | +19 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 39 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 8.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 12 mm | -28 mm |
| Nov | 2.7 °C | +5.8 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | -7.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 37 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kunashak?
Kunashak has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.7 °C and it receives 490 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kunashak?
The hottest day measured in Kunashak between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kunashak?
The coldest day measured in Kunashak between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1968, at -42.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kunashak?
Yes. Kunashak gets on average 100.4 cm of snow per year and has around 181 frost days.
Has the climate of Kunashak warmed?
Yes: Kunashak warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kunashak?
The wettest day measured in Kunashak between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1946, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kunashak?
The windiest day measured in Kunashak between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1958, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kunashak?
The warmest month in Kunashak is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kunashak?
Kunashak receives on average 490 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kunashak?
Kunashak 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 Kunashak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kunashak between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 2014, with 26.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kunashak?
Yes: Kunashak has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kunashak?
In Kunashak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 1 July 1995, and the lowest was -47.8 °C on 8 December 1968.
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