Madzhalis climate — normals and trends
Madzhalis (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 923 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Madzhalis averages 152 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Madzhalis 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 162 to 142 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 20 July 1968) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 12 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
MadzhalisDagestan
- coords
- 42.12°, 47.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
923mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
152 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
124.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
27.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
32.3 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
68 mm
7 August 1958
Windiest day
31.7 km/h
12 March 1968
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
12 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
26 November 1974
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 18 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -2.0 °C | -2.2 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +5.7 °C | 29 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 123 mm | +48 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 85 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 92 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 82 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 79 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 263 mm | +161 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 73 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 7 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 36 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Madzhalis?
Madzhalis has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 923 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madzhalis?
The hottest day measured in Madzhalis between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1968, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Madzhalis?
The coldest day measured in Madzhalis between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Madzhalis?
Yes. Madzhalis gets on average 124.3 cm of snow per year and has around 152 frost days.
Has the climate of Madzhalis warmed?
Yes: Madzhalis warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Madzhalis?
The wettest day measured in Madzhalis between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1958, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Madzhalis?
The windiest day measured in Madzhalis between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1968, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Madzhalis?
The warmest month in Madzhalis is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Madzhalis?
Madzhalis receives on average 923 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Madzhalis?
Madzhalis gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Madzhalis?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Madzhalis between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1974, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Madzhalis?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Madzhalis.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madzhalis?
In Madzhalis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 20 July 1968, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 12 January 1940.
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