Nizhniy Kuranakh climate — normals and trends
Nizhniy Kuranakh (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -6.4 °C and it receives 594 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-30.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nizhniy Kuranakh averages 239 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Nizhniy Kuranakh has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 12 July 2020) and the coldest -54.2 °C (on 9 January 1987).
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
Nizhniy KuranakhSakha
- coords
- 58.82°, 125.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-6.4°C
Average daily high
-2.0°C
Average daily low
-11.0°C
Annual rainfall
594mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
47.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
239 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
160.6 cm
Average feels-like high
-5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-15.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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
35.4 °C
12 July 2020
Coldest day
-54.2 °C
9 January 1987
Wettest day
63 mm
11 August 1988
Windiest day
33.0 km/h
9 April 2009
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
29 May 2009
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
13 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-58.9 °C
9 January 1987
Snowiest day
24.5 cm
15 September 2014
Sunniest day
17.4 h
22 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 | -23.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 10 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -19.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | -10.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 27 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 3.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 44 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 12.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 79 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 61 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 124 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 91 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 13.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 40 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | -3.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 37 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | -14.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -31.6 °C | -5.5 °C | 9 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizhniy Kuranakh?
Nizhniy Kuranakh has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -6.4 °C and it receives 594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
The hottest day measured in Nizhniy Kuranakh between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2020, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
The coldest day measured in Nizhniy Kuranakh between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1987, at -54.2 °C.
Does it snow in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
Yes. Nizhniy Kuranakh gets on average 160.6 cm of snow per year and has around 239 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizhniy Kuranakh warmed?
Yes: Nizhniy Kuranakh warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
The wettest day measured in Nizhniy Kuranakh between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1988, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
The windiest day measured in Nizhniy Kuranakh between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 2009, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
The warmest month in Nizhniy Kuranakh is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-30.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
Nizhniy Kuranakh receives on average 594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
Nizhniy Kuranakh gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizhniy Kuranakh between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 2014, with 24.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nizhniy Kuranakh.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizhniy Kuranakh?
In Nizhniy Kuranakh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 13 July 2020, and the lowest was -58.9 °C on 9 January 1987.
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