Kuznetsk climate — normals and trends
Kuznetsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 555 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kuznetsk averages 170 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Kuznetsk has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 181 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -40.9 °C (on 21 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
KuznetskPenza Oblast
- coords
- 53.12°, 46.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.4°C
Average daily high
8.3°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
555mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
30.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
130.8 cm
Average feels-like high
5.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
39.4 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-40.9 °C
21 January 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
5 August 2019
Windiest day
53.8 km/h
26 March 1953
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
19 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.1 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
12 April 1953
Sunniest day
16.0 h
24 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 | -1.5 °C | +6.9 °C | 48 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -5.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 6.1 °C | +7.0 °C | 28 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 37 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 77 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 101 mm | +40 mm |
| Jul | 25.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 90 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 55 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 5 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 38 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 5.7 °C | +6.3 °C | 33 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | -2.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 40 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kuznetsk?
Kuznetsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuznetsk?
The hottest day measured in Kuznetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kuznetsk?
The coldest day measured in Kuznetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1942, at -40.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kuznetsk?
Yes. Kuznetsk gets on average 130.8 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Kuznetsk warmed?
Yes: Kuznetsk warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kuznetsk?
The wettest day measured in Kuznetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2019, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kuznetsk?
The windiest day measured in Kuznetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1953, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kuznetsk?
The warmest month in Kuznetsk is July (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kuznetsk?
Kuznetsk receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kuznetsk?
Kuznetsk gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kuznetsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kuznetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1953, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kuznetsk?
Yes: Kuznetsk has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuznetsk?
In Kuznetsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 1 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.1 °C on 11 January 1940.
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