Magnitogorsk climate — normals and trends
Magnitogorsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 434 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Magnitogorsk averages 191 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Magnitogorsk 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 201 to 181 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -44.6 °C (on 17 February 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
MagnitogorskChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 53.40°, 59.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.2°C
Average daily high
6.9°C
Average daily low
-2.6°C
Annual rainfall
434mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
34.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
101.6 cm
Average feels-like high
3.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
38.6 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-44.6 °C
17 February 1951
Wettest day
59 mm
6 August 1994
Windiest day
46.8 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
19 September 2019
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-49.8 °C
17 February 1951
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
29 October 1951
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.3 °C | +6.6 °C | 14 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | -5.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 3.8 °C | +6.1 °C | 25 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +6.2 °C | 39 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 57 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 79 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 69 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 47 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 34 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +6.0 °C | 20 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | -7.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 30 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Magnitogorsk?
Magnitogorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 434 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Magnitogorsk?
The hottest day measured in Magnitogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Magnitogorsk?
The coldest day measured in Magnitogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1951, at -44.6 °C.
Does it snow in Magnitogorsk?
Yes. Magnitogorsk gets on average 101.6 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Magnitogorsk warmed?
Yes: Magnitogorsk warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Magnitogorsk?
The wettest day measured in Magnitogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1994, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Magnitogorsk?
The windiest day measured in Magnitogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 46.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Magnitogorsk?
The warmest month in Magnitogorsk is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Magnitogorsk?
Magnitogorsk receives on average 434 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Magnitogorsk?
Magnitogorsk gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Magnitogorsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Magnitogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1951, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Magnitogorsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Magnitogorsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Magnitogorsk?
In Magnitogorsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -49.8 °C on 17 February 1951.
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