Malka climate — normals and trends
Malka (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 949 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Malka averages 134 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Malka 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 150 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 15 August 1948) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 14 January 1950).
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
MalkaKabardino-Balkariya Republic
- coords
- 43.80°, 43.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
949mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
134 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
135.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
26.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
34.7 °C
15 August 1948
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
66 mm
30 August 1951
Windiest day
33.3 km/h
21 March 2014
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
21 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
6 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
25 December 1964
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
5 March 2004
Sunniest day
14.5 h
29 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.7 °C | +6.4 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | -1.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 49 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +6.6 °C | 54 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 123 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 80 mm | -48 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 55 mm | -65 mm |
| Jul | 27.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 30 mm | -73 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 32 mm | -61 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 123 mm | +35 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 113 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 6 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 49 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malka?
Malka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 949 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malka?
The hottest day measured in Malka between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1948, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malka?
The coldest day measured in Malka between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Malka?
Yes. Malka gets on average 135.1 cm of snow per year and has around 134 frost days.
Has the climate of Malka warmed?
Yes: Malka warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malka?
The wettest day measured in Malka between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1951, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malka?
The windiest day measured in Malka between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 2014, with winds reaching 33.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malka?
The warmest month in Malka is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Malka?
Malka receives on average 949 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malka?
Malka gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malka between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2004, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malka?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malka.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malka?
In Malka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 6 August 2006, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 25 December 1964.
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