Kurumkan climate — normals and trends
Kurumkan (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -4.2 °C and it receives 550 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-26.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kurumkan averages 244 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Kurumkan has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 247 to 241 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 25 June 2025) and the coldest -49.2 °C (on 3 February 2001).
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
KurumkanBuryatiya Republic
- coords
- 54.32°, 110.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-4.2°C
Average daily high
1.2°C
Average daily low
-9.7°C
Annual rainfall
550mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
8.3km/h
Seasonal range
43.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
244 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
124.4 cm
Average feels-like high
-1.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-13.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
33.7 °C
25 June 2025
Coldest day
-49.2 °C
3 February 2001
Wettest day
66 mm
17 August 2023
Windiest day
23.8 km/h
8 April 2011
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
26 September 2013
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
4 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-54.2 °C
3 February 2001
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
28 September 1945
Sunniest day
16.7 h
19 June 2020
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 | -17.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -16.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 16 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | -4.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 27 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 4.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 13.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 20.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 52 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 77 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 142 mm | +35 mm |
| Sep | 14.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 122 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | -0.7 °C | -2.1 °C | 45 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | -6.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 59 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | -19.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 20 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kurumkan?
Kurumkan has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -4.2 °C and it receives 550 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurumkan?
The hottest day measured in Kurumkan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2025, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kurumkan?
The coldest day measured in Kurumkan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2001, at -49.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kurumkan?
Yes. Kurumkan gets on average 124.4 cm of snow per year and has around 244 frost days.
Has the climate of Kurumkan warmed?
Yes: Kurumkan warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kurumkan?
The wettest day measured in Kurumkan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2023, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kurumkan?
The windiest day measured in Kurumkan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2011, with winds reaching 23.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kurumkan?
The warmest month in Kurumkan is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-26.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kurumkan?
Kurumkan receives on average 550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kurumkan?
Kurumkan gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kurumkan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurumkan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1945, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kurumkan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kurumkan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurumkan?
In Kurumkan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 4 July 2024, and the lowest was -54.2 °C on 3 February 2001.
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