Mednogorsk climate — normals and trends
Mednogorsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 503 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Mednogorsk averages 183 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Mednogorsk has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 193 to 173 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -42.2 °C (on 17 January 1943).
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
MednogorskOrenburg Oblast
- coords
- 51.41°, 57.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.3°C
Average daily high
7.9°C
Average daily low
-1.4°C
Annual rainfall
503mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
35.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
183 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
160.4 cm
Average feels-like high
4.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
39.0 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-42.2 °C
17 January 1943
Wettest day
47 mm
27 August 1970
Windiest day
48.8 km/h
3 January 2016
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
7 September 1967
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
11 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-47.8 °C
17 January 1943
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
26 March 1997
Sunniest day
16.0 h
18 June 1940
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 | -5.9 °C | +5.6 °C | 51 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -7.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 2.0 °C | +5.2 °C | 35 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +7.2 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 61 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 69 mm | +29 mm |
| Jul | 25.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 25 mm | -28 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +6.3 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | -6.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 57 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mednogorsk?
Mednogorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 503 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mednogorsk?
The hottest day measured in Mednogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mednogorsk?
The coldest day measured in Mednogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1943, at -42.2 °C.
Does it snow in Mednogorsk?
Yes. Mednogorsk gets on average 160.4 cm of snow per year and has around 183 frost days.
Has the climate of Mednogorsk warmed?
Yes: Mednogorsk warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mednogorsk?
The wettest day measured in Mednogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1970, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mednogorsk?
The windiest day measured in Mednogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2016, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mednogorsk?
The warmest month in Mednogorsk is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Mednogorsk?
Mednogorsk receives on average 503 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mednogorsk?
Mednogorsk gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mednogorsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mednogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1997, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mednogorsk?
Yes: Mednogorsk has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mednogorsk?
In Mednogorsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 11 July 2020, and the lowest was -47.8 °C on 17 January 1943.
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