Namtsy climate — normals and trends
Namtsy (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -9.7 °C and it receives 249 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-40.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Namtsy averages 235 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 57 rainy days per year.
Namtsy has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 23 July 1988) and the coldest -60.0 °C (on 6 January 1982).
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
NamtsySakha
- coords
- 62.72°, 129.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-9.7°C
Average daily high
-5.3°C
Average daily low
-14.4°C
Annual rainfall
249mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
59.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
235 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
57 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.2 cm
Average feels-like high
-8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-18.4 °C
Average peak gust
25.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · 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
36.5 °C
23 July 1988
Coldest day
-60.0 °C
6 January 1982
Wettest day
38 mm
27 July 1981
Windiest day
35.6 km/h
17 September 1973
Strongest gust
78.8 km/h
2 June 1961
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
16 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-65.1 °C
6 January 1982
Snowiest day
15.0 cm
17 October 1944
Sunniest day
19.1 h
23 June 1944
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 | -32.3 °C | +5.8 °C | 9 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -26.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 8 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | -15.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 7 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 3.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 32 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 37 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 57 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 14 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 10.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 34 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | -5.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 4 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | -24.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 12 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | -41.7 °C | -4.9 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Namtsy?
Namtsy has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -9.7 °C and it receives 249 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Namtsy?
The hottest day measured in Namtsy between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1988, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Namtsy?
The coldest day measured in Namtsy between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1982, at -60.0 °C.
Does it snow in Namtsy?
Yes. Namtsy gets on average 49.2 cm of snow per year and has around 235 frost days.
Has the climate of Namtsy warmed?
Yes: Namtsy warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Namtsy?
The wettest day measured in Namtsy between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1981, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Namtsy?
The windiest day measured in Namtsy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1973, with winds reaching 35.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Namtsy?
The warmest month in Namtsy is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-40.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Namtsy?
Namtsy receives on average 249 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Namtsy?
Namtsy gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Namtsy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Namtsy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1944, with 15.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Namtsy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Namtsy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Namtsy?
In Namtsy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 16 July 2011, and the lowest was -65.1 °C on 6 January 1982.
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