Meget climate — normals and trends
Meget (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 405 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 (-21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Meget averages 210 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Meget has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 213 to 207 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 24 June 1977) and the coldest -46.0 °C (on 9 January 2001).
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
MegetIrkutsk Oblast
- coords
- 52.41°, 104.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.2°C
Average daily high
6.1°C
Average daily low
-5.4°C
Annual rainfall
405mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
40.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
210 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.5 cm
Average feels-like high
2.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
37.3 °C
24 June 1977
Coldest day
-46.0 °C
9 January 2001
Wettest day
87 mm
7 July 2001
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
16 May 1990
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
16 May 1990
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
16 July 2004
Coldest feels-like
-50.9 °C
9 January 2001
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
11 April 1963
Sunniest day
16.0 h
25 May 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 | -11.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 6 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -10.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 6 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 2.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 12 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 23 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 95 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 3.0 °C | -4.0 °C | 33 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | -1.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 19 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | -14.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 10 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Meget?
Meget has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 405 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meget?
The hottest day measured in Meget between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1977, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Meget?
The coldest day measured in Meget between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2001, at -46.0 °C.
Does it snow in Meget?
Yes. Meget gets on average 53.5 cm of snow per year and has around 210 frost days.
Has the climate of Meget warmed?
Yes: Meget warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Meget?
The wettest day measured in Meget between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2001, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Meget?
The windiest day measured in Meget between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 1990, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Meget?
The warmest month in Meget is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-21.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Meget?
Meget receives on average 405 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Meget?
Meget gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Meget?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Meget between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1963, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Meget?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Meget.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Meget?
In Meget, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 16 July 2004, and the lowest was -50.9 °C on 9 January 2001.
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