Mozdok climate — normals and trends
Mozdok (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 584 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mozdok averages 87 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Mozdok has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 28 July 2000) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 25 February 1945).
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
MozdokNorth Ossetia–Alania
- coords
- 43.74°, 44.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
584mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
43 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
41.7 °C
28 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
25 February 1945
Wettest day
62 mm
25 July 2002
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
21 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
43.9 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
25 February 1945
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
3 March 1955
Sunniest day
14.2 h
28 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +5.2 °C | 19 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | -2.6 °C | 30 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 40 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 102 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 56 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 28 mm | -45 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 40 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 46 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 107 mm | +53 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 47 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 1 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 33 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mozdok?
Mozdok has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 584 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mozdok?
The hottest day measured in Mozdok between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2000, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mozdok?
The coldest day measured in Mozdok between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1945, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Mozdok?
Yes. Mozdok gets on average 59.5 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Mozdok warmed?
Yes: Mozdok warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mozdok?
The wettest day measured in Mozdok between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2002, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mozdok?
The windiest day measured in Mozdok between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mozdok?
The warmest month in Mozdok is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Mozdok?
Mozdok receives on average 584 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mozdok?
Mozdok gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mozdok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mozdok between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1955, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mozdok?
Yes: Mozdok has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mozdok?
In Mozdok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 25 February 1945.
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