Noril'sk climate — normals and trends
Noril'sk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -9.7 °C and it receives 664 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 (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-27.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Noril'sk averages 261 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Noril'sk has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 270 to 252 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.2 °C (on 22 July 2013) and the coldest -51.0 °C (on 9 January 1967).
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
Noril'skKrasnoyarsk Krai
- coords
- 69.35°, 88.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-9.7°C
Average daily high
-6.8°C
Average daily low
-12.9°C
Annual rainfall
664mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
41.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
261 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
278.7 cm
Average feels-like high
-11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-17.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
31.2 °C
22 July 2013
Coldest day
-51.0 °C
9 January 1967
Wettest day
59 mm
24 July 1971
Windiest day
61.6 km/h
12 May 1990
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
23 March 2016
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
8 July 1956
Coldest feels-like
-57.0 °C
9 January 1967
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
16 May 2006
Sunniest day
23.9 h
19 June 1943
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 | -25.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 18 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | -19.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 54 mm | +25 mm |
| Mar | -14.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 64 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | -9.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 26 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 1.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 33 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 11.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 90 mm | +21 mm |
| Jul | 18.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 155 mm | +80 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +6.9 °C | 11 mm | -70 mm |
| Sep | 5.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 57 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | -4.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | -18.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 66 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | -29.2 °C | -6.5 °C | 17 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Noril'sk?
Noril'sk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -9.7 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Noril'sk?
The hottest day measured in Noril'sk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2013, reaching 31.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Noril'sk?
The coldest day measured in Noril'sk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1967, at -51.0 °C.
Does it snow in Noril'sk?
Yes. Noril'sk gets on average 278.7 cm of snow per year and has around 261 frost days.
Has the climate of Noril'sk warmed?
Yes: Noril'sk warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Noril'sk?
The wettest day measured in Noril'sk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1971, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Noril'sk?
The windiest day measured in Noril'sk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1990, with winds reaching 61.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Noril'sk?
The warmest month in Noril'sk is July (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-27.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Noril'sk?
Noril'sk receives on average 664 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Noril'sk?
Noril'sk gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Noril'sk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Noril'sk between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2006, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Noril'sk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Noril'sk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Noril'sk?
In Noril'sk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 8 July 1956, and the lowest was -57.0 °C on 9 January 1967.
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