Nadym climate — normals and trends
Nadym (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -5.7 °C and it receives 491 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-23.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nadym averages 241 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Nadym has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 249 to 233 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 15 July 1990) and the coldest -53.9 °C (on 27 January 1973).
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
NadymYamalo-Nenets
- coords
- 65.53°, 72.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-5.7°C
Average daily high
-2.1°C
Average daily low
-9.5°C
Annual rainfall
491mm
Sunshine / day
6.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
24.6km/h
Seasonal range
39.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
241 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
147.1 cm
Average feels-like high
-7.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-14.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
34.2 °C
15 July 1990
Coldest day
-53.9 °C
27 January 1973
Wettest day
48 mm
24 August 2019
Windiest day
112.7 km/h
6 May 1940
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
22 November 1940
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
15 July 1990
Coldest feels-like
-60.0 °C
27 January 1973
Snowiest day
23.5 cm
2 June 2007
Sunniest day
21.0 h
25 June 2006
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 | -17.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 35 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | -12.7 °C | +6.6 °C | 24 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | -6.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 21 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | -2.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 52 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 3.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 45 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | +5.2 °C | 80 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 18.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 129 mm | +56 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 54 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 12.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 43 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 0.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 43 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | -12.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 48 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | -18.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 32 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nadym?
Nadym has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -5.7 °C and it receives 491 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nadym?
The hottest day measured in Nadym between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1990, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nadym?
The coldest day measured in Nadym between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1973, at -53.9 °C.
Does it snow in Nadym?
Yes. Nadym gets on average 147.1 cm of snow per year and has around 241 frost days.
Has the climate of Nadym warmed?
Yes: Nadym warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nadym?
The wettest day measured in Nadym between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2019, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nadym?
The windiest day measured in Nadym between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1940, with winds reaching 112.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nadym?
The warmest month in Nadym is July (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-23.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Nadym?
Nadym receives on average 491 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nadym?
Nadym gets on average 6.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,227 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nadym?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nadym between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 2007, with 23.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nadym?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nadym.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nadym?
In Nadym, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 15 July 1990, and the lowest was -60.0 °C on 27 January 1973.
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