Kyshtym climate — normals and trends
Kyshtym (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 519 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kyshtym averages 183 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Kyshtym has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 193 to 173 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -42.9 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
KyshtymChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.72°, 60.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.2°C
Average daily high
6.1°C
Average daily low
-1.7°C
Annual rainfall
519mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
32.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
183 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.2 cm
Average feels-like high
2.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
38.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-42.9 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
53 mm
3 September 1953
Windiest day
45.6 km/h
10 December 1965
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
29 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-49.4 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
18 May 1960
Sunniest day
16.1 h
21 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.2 °C | +7.2 °C | 22 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -4.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 3.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 65 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 34 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 123 mm | +56 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 94 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 53 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 56 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 8.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 2.5 °C | +5.9 °C | 30 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | -6.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 35 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kyshtym?
Kyshtym has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 519 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyshtym?
The hottest day measured in Kyshtym between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kyshtym?
The coldest day measured in Kyshtym between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -42.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kyshtym?
Yes. Kyshtym gets on average 107.2 cm of snow per year and has around 183 frost days.
Has the climate of Kyshtym warmed?
Yes: Kyshtym warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kyshtym?
The wettest day measured in Kyshtym between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1953, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kyshtym?
The windiest day measured in Kyshtym between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1965, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kyshtym?
The warmest month in Kyshtym is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kyshtym?
Kyshtym receives on average 519 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kyshtym?
Kyshtym gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kyshtym?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kyshtym between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1960, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kyshtym?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kyshtym.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyshtym?
In Kyshtym, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -49.4 °C on 1 January 1979.
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