Leninsk climate — normals and trends
Leninsk (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 338 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Leninsk averages 131 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Leninsk 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 145 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -37.4 °C (on 9 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
LeninskVolgograd Oblast
- coords
- 48.70°, 45.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
338mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
43.3 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-37.4 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
19 May 2016
Windiest day
58.9 km/h
4 March 2006
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
25 December 1977
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
12 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.1 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
21 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.7 h
1 July 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +6.9 °C | 12 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 25 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +7.4 °C | 27 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 25 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 6 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 5 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 42 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 13 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 0.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 13 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Leninsk?
Leninsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 338 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leninsk?
The hottest day measured in Leninsk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Leninsk?
The coldest day measured in Leninsk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -37.4 °C.
Does it snow in Leninsk?
Yes. Leninsk gets on average 59.3 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Leninsk warmed?
Yes: Leninsk warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Leninsk?
The wettest day measured in Leninsk between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 2016, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Leninsk?
The windiest day measured in Leninsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with winds reaching 58.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Leninsk?
The warmest month in Leninsk is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Leninsk?
Leninsk receives on average 338 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Leninsk?
Leninsk gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Leninsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Leninsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1999, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Leninsk?
Yes: Leninsk has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leninsk?
In Leninsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -43.1 °C on 9 January 1940.
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