Magistral'nyy climate — normals and trends
Magistral'nyy (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -2.3 °C and it receives 548 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-23.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Magistral'nyy averages 226 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Magistral'nyy has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 231 to 221 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 22 June 2010) and the coldest -51.5 °C (on 3 January 1951).
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
Magistral'nyyIrkutsk Oblast
- coords
- 56.17°, 107.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-2.3°C
Average daily high
2.8°C
Average daily low
-7.5°C
Annual rainfall
548mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
41.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
226 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.8 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-11.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
35.4 °C
22 June 2010
Coldest day
-51.5 °C
3 January 1951
Wettest day
56 mm
14 July 1954
Windiest day
36.9 km/h
26 September 2013
Strongest gust
85.0 km/h
26 September 2013
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
2 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-56.6 °C
3 January 1951
Snowiest day
13.1 cm
16 September 2002
Sunniest day
16.9 h
17 June 1941
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 | -13.7 °C | +5.8 °C | 22 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -14.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 22 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | -1.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 45 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 7.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 15.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 56 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 98 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 88 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 56 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 14.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 91 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | -0.7 °C | -3.3 °C | 29 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | -5.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 45 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | -17.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 27 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Magistral'nyy?
Magistral'nyy has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -2.3 °C and it receives 548 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Magistral'nyy?
The hottest day measured in Magistral'nyy between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2010, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Magistral'nyy?
The coldest day measured in Magistral'nyy between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1951, at -51.5 °C.
Does it snow in Magistral'nyy?
Yes. Magistral'nyy gets on average 117.8 cm of snow per year and has around 226 frost days.
Has the climate of Magistral'nyy warmed?
Yes: Magistral'nyy warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Magistral'nyy?
The wettest day measured in Magistral'nyy between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Magistral'nyy?
The windiest day measured in Magistral'nyy between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 2013, with winds reaching 36.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Magistral'nyy?
The warmest month in Magistral'nyy is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-23.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Magistral'nyy?
Magistral'nyy receives on average 548 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Magistral'nyy?
Magistral'nyy gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Magistral'nyy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Magistral'nyy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2002, with 13.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Magistral'nyy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Magistral'nyy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Magistral'nyy?
In Magistral'nyy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 2 July 2024, and the lowest was -56.6 °C on 3 January 1951.
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