Nizhnyaya Poyma climate — normals and trends
Nizhnyaya Poyma (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.1 °C and it receives 483 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-19.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nizhnyaya Poyma averages 211 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Nizhnyaya Poyma has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 219 to 203 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 21 July 2002) and the coldest -49.8 °C (on 19 January 1960).
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
Nizhnyaya PoymaKrasnoyarsk Krai
- coords
- 56.16°, 97.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.1°C
Average daily high
4.8°C
Average daily low
-5.2°C
Annual rainfall
483mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
38.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
211 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.2 cm
Average feels-like high
1.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
37.3 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest day
-49.8 °C
19 January 1960
Wettest day
50 mm
7 August 1988
Windiest day
50.7 km/h
22 May 1985
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
22 May 1985
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-54.6 °C
19 January 1960
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
3 November 1967
Sunniest day
17.0 h
4 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 | -7.9 °C | +7.4 °C | 23 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -9.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 28 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 2.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 19 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 9.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 51 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 30 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 42 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 24.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 47 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 65 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 15.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 2.3 °C | -2.4 °C | 30 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | -1.5 °C | +4.7 °C | 51 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -11.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizhnyaya Poyma?
Nizhnyaya Poyma has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.1 °C and it receives 483 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
The hottest day measured in Nizhnyaya Poyma between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2002, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
The coldest day measured in Nizhnyaya Poyma between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1960, at -49.8 °C.
Does it snow in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
Yes. Nizhnyaya Poyma gets on average 119.2 cm of snow per year and has around 211 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizhnyaya Poyma warmed?
Yes: Nizhnyaya Poyma warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
The wettest day measured in Nizhnyaya Poyma between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1988, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
The windiest day measured in Nizhnyaya Poyma between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1985, with winds reaching 50.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
The warmest month in Nizhnyaya Poyma is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-19.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
Nizhnyaya Poyma receives on average 483 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
Nizhnyaya Poyma gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizhnyaya Poyma between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1967, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nizhnyaya Poyma.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizhnyaya Poyma?
In Nizhnyaya Poyma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 21 July 2002, and the lowest was -54.6 °C on 19 January 1960.
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