Mechetinskaya climate — normals and trends
Mechetinskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 528 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Mechetinskaya averages 104 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Mechetinskaya has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 1 August 2010) and the coldest -35.6 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
MechetinskayaRostov Oblast
- coords
- 46.77°, 40.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
528mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
40.0 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest day
-35.6 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
43 mm
16 August 1977
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
12 April 1997
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
19 January 1983
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
16 December 1940
Sunniest day
15.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +6.4 °C | 24 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +6.6 °C | 24 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 39 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 40 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 59 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 13 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 11 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 26 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 47 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 31 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mechetinskaya?
Mechetinskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 528 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mechetinskaya?
The hottest day measured in Mechetinskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2010, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mechetinskaya?
The coldest day measured in Mechetinskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.6 °C.
Does it snow in Mechetinskaya?
Yes. Mechetinskaya gets on average 55.8 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Mechetinskaya warmed?
Yes: Mechetinskaya warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mechetinskaya?
The wettest day measured in Mechetinskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1977, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mechetinskaya?
The windiest day measured in Mechetinskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1997, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mechetinskaya?
The warmest month in Mechetinskaya is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Mechetinskaya?
Mechetinskaya receives on average 528 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mechetinskaya?
Mechetinskaya 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 Mechetinskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mechetinskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1940, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mechetinskaya?
Yes: Mechetinskaya has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mechetinskaya?
In Mechetinskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 10 January 1940.
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