Luga climate — normals and trends
Luga (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 685 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Luga averages 151 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Luga 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 170 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 23 June 2021) and the coldest -40.0 °C (on 30 December 1978).
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
LugaLeningradskaya Oblast'
- coords
- 58.74°, 29.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
8.5°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
685mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
151 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
121.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
34.4 °C
23 June 2021
Coldest day
-40.0 °C
30 December 1978
Wettest day
67 mm
7 August 1987
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
15 April 2001
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
15 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.0 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
15.6 cm
30 November 2012
Sunniest day
18.0 h
22 June 2005
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 | 1.6 °C | +6.6 °C | 98 mm | +57 mm |
| Feb | -2.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 25 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 6.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 48 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 10.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 52 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 100 mm | +43 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 170 mm | +89 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 126 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 132 mm | +45 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 29 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 9.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 32 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 46 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luga?
Luga has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 685 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luga?
The hottest day measured in Luga between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 2021, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luga?
The coldest day measured in Luga between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1978, at -40.0 °C.
Does it snow in Luga?
Yes. Luga gets on average 121.9 cm of snow per year and has around 151 frost days.
Has the climate of Luga warmed?
Yes: Luga warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luga?
The wettest day measured in Luga between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luga?
The windiest day measured in Luga between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2001, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luga?
The warmest month in Luga is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Luga?
Luga receives on average 685 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luga?
Luga gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Luga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luga between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2012, with 15.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Luga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Luga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luga?
In Luga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.0 °C on 10 January 1987.
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