Nizhneudinsk climate — normals and trends
Nizhneudinsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.5 °C and it receives 556 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nizhneudinsk averages 218 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Nizhneudinsk has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 223 to 213 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 20 June 2025) and the coldest -47.0 °C (on 8 January 1961).
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
NizhneudinskIrkutsk Oblast
- coords
- 54.91°, 99.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.5°C
Average daily high
5.0°C
Average daily low
-5.9°C
Annual rainfall
556mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
36.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
218 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.3 cm
Average feels-like high
1.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
34.9 °C
20 June 2025
Coldest day
-47.0 °C
8 January 1961
Wettest day
67 mm
10 July 2002
Windiest day
40.3 km/h
4 April 1966
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
25 April 1969
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
12 August 2002
Coldest feels-like
-51.8 °C
8 January 1961
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
15 May 1974
Sunniest day
17.0 h
20 June 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 | -8.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 14 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -7.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 20 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 2.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 10.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 42 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 63 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 137 mm | +40 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 1.7 °C | -3.4 °C | 26 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | -1.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 44 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | -11.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 20 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizhneudinsk?
Nizhneudinsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.5 °C and it receives 556 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizhneudinsk?
The hottest day measured in Nizhneudinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2025, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizhneudinsk?
The coldest day measured in Nizhneudinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1961, at -47.0 °C.
Does it snow in Nizhneudinsk?
Yes. Nizhneudinsk gets on average 104.3 cm of snow per year and has around 218 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizhneudinsk warmed?
Yes: Nizhneudinsk warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizhneudinsk?
The wettest day measured in Nizhneudinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2002, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizhneudinsk?
The windiest day measured in Nizhneudinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1966, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizhneudinsk?
The warmest month in Nizhneudinsk is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-19.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizhneudinsk?
Nizhneudinsk receives on average 556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizhneudinsk?
Nizhneudinsk gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nizhneudinsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizhneudinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1974, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizhneudinsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nizhneudinsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizhneudinsk?
In Nizhneudinsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 12 August 2002, and the lowest was -51.8 °C on 8 January 1961.
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