Mayya climate — normals and trends
Mayya (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -8.8 °C and it receives 252 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-38.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Mayya averages 236 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 59 rainy days per year.
Mayya has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 23 July 1988) and the coldest -59.8 °C (on 5 January 1987).
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
MayyaSakha
- coords
- 61.74°, 130.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-8.8°C
Average daily high
-4.0°C
Average daily low
-14.0°C
Annual rainfall
252mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
57.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
236 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
59 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.6 cm
Average feels-like high
-7.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-18.0 °C
Average peak gust
25.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · 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
36.5 °C
23 July 1988
Coldest day
-59.8 °C
5 January 1987
Wettest day
39 mm
13 August 1949
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
5 October 1979
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
5 October 1979
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
13 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-64.5 °C
5 January 1987
Snowiest day
10.7 cm
6 October 2010
Sunniest day
18.9 h
24 June 2001
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 | -29.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -24.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | -13.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 4.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 29 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 36 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 44 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 48 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 11.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | -4.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 3 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | -22.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 13 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | -40.1 °C | -5.9 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mayya?
Mayya has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -8.8 °C and it receives 252 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mayya?
The hottest day measured in Mayya between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1988, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mayya?
The coldest day measured in Mayya between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1987, at -59.8 °C.
Does it snow in Mayya?
Yes. Mayya gets on average 49.6 cm of snow per year and has around 236 frost days.
Has the climate of Mayya warmed?
Yes: Mayya warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mayya?
The wettest day measured in Mayya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1949, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mayya?
The windiest day measured in Mayya between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1979, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mayya?
The warmest month in Mayya is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-38.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Mayya?
Mayya receives on average 252 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 59 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mayya?
Mayya gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mayya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mayya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 2010, with 10.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mayya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mayya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mayya?
In Mayya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 13 July 1948, and the lowest was -64.5 °C on 5 January 1987.
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