Magnitka climate — normals and trends
Magnitka (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.2 °C and it receives 613 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Magnitka averages 197 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Magnitka has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 207 to 187 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -45.8 °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
MagnitkaChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.35°, 59.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.2°C
Average daily high
5.3°C
Average daily low
-3.1°C
Annual rainfall
613mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
31.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
197 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
135.3 cm
Average feels-like high
1.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 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
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
36.6 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-45.8 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
51 mm
1 July 1987
Windiest day
41.8 km/h
29 April 2018
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
29 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-51.1 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
17 May 1981
Sunniest day
16.0 h
9 July 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.1 °C | +6.6 °C | 35 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | -5.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 6 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 2.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 40 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 62 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 21.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 107 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 130 mm | +22 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 91 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 14.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 53 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 7.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 29 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 1.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 57 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | -7.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 31 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Magnitka?
Magnitka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.2 °C and it receives 613 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Magnitka?
The hottest day measured in Magnitka between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Magnitka?
The coldest day measured in Magnitka between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -45.8 °C.
Does it snow in Magnitka?
Yes. Magnitka gets on average 135.3 cm of snow per year and has around 197 frost days.
Has the climate of Magnitka warmed?
Yes: Magnitka warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Magnitka?
The wettest day measured in Magnitka between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1987, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Magnitka?
The windiest day measured in Magnitka between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2018, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Magnitka?
The warmest month in Magnitka is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Magnitka?
Magnitka receives on average 613 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Magnitka?
Magnitka gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Magnitka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Magnitka between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Magnitka?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Magnitka.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Magnitka?
In Magnitka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -51.1 °C on 1 January 1979.
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