Melenki climate — normals and trends
Melenki (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 618 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Melenki averages 157 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Melenki has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 171 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -42.7 °C (on 17 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
MelenkiVladimir Oblast
- coords
- 55.34°, 41.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
618mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
29.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
157 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
129.4 cm
Average feels-like high
5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
39.2 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-42.7 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
24 August 1998
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
24 March 1971
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
5 June 1947
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.6 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
6 December 1980
Sunniest day
16.5 h
28 June 1951
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 | 0.2 °C | +7.4 °C | 44 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | -3.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 17 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +7.2 °C | 34 mm | +0 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 44 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 21.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 84 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 47 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 110 mm | +46 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 16 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 9.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 57 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 72 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | -1.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 42 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Melenki?
Melenki has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 618 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Melenki?
The hottest day measured in Melenki between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Melenki?
The coldest day measured in Melenki between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -42.7 °C.
Does it snow in Melenki?
Yes. Melenki gets on average 129.4 cm of snow per year and has around 157 frost days.
Has the climate of Melenki warmed?
Yes: Melenki warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Melenki?
The wettest day measured in Melenki between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1998, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Melenki?
The windiest day measured in Melenki between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1971, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Melenki?
The warmest month in Melenki is July (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Melenki?
Melenki receives on average 618 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Melenki?
Melenki gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Melenki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Melenki between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1980, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Melenki?
Yes: Melenki has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Melenki?
In Melenki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 6 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.6 °C on 17 January 1940.
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