Nizhnyaya Salda climate — normals and trends
Nizhnyaya Salda (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 562 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nizhnyaya Salda averages 193 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Nizhnyaya Salda has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 203 to 183 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 16 July 2020) and the coldest -46.1 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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 SaldaSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 58.08°, 60.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.5°C
Average daily high
5.5°C
Average daily low
-2.6°C
Annual rainfall
562mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
33.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
193 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.3 cm
Average feels-like high
2.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
37.9 °C
16 July 2020
Coldest day
-46.1 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
55 mm
4 July 1978
Windiest day
39.4 km/h
17 May 1981
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
25 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
15 July 1947
Coldest feels-like
-52.1 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
6 June 1995
Sunniest day
17.5 h
27 June 2023
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 | -5.1 °C | +7.1 °C | 33 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | -4.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 10 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 3.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 18 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 9.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 88 mm | +51 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 78 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 99 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 44 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 53 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 7.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 25 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 1.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 41 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -8.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 53 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizhnyaya Salda?
Nizhnyaya Salda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 562 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizhnyaya Salda?
The hottest day measured in Nizhnyaya Salda between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizhnyaya Salda?
The coldest day measured in Nizhnyaya Salda between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -46.1 °C.
Does it snow in Nizhnyaya Salda?
Yes. Nizhnyaya Salda gets on average 117.3 cm of snow per year and has around 193 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizhnyaya Salda warmed?
Yes: Nizhnyaya Salda warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizhnyaya Salda?
The wettest day measured in Nizhnyaya Salda between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1978, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizhnyaya Salda?
The windiest day measured in Nizhnyaya Salda between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with winds reaching 39.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizhnyaya Salda?
The warmest month in Nizhnyaya Salda is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizhnyaya Salda?
Nizhnyaya Salda receives on average 562 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizhnyaya Salda?
Nizhnyaya Salda gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nizhnyaya Salda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizhnyaya Salda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1995, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizhnyaya Salda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nizhnyaya Salda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizhnyaya Salda?
In Nizhnyaya Salda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 15 July 1947, and the lowest was -52.1 °C on 31 December 1978.
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