Novocherkassk climate — normals and trends
Novocherkassk (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 498 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Novocherkassk averages 113 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Novocherkassk has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 129 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 13 July 2025) and the coldest -35.3 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
NovocherkasskRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.42°, 40.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
498mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
28.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
40.7 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest day
-35.3 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
39 mm
17 June 2021
Windiest day
54.0 km/h
12 April 1997
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
12 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
15 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-42.0 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.8 cm
6 February 2020
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +6.6 °C | 21 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -3.0 °C | -2.3 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +6.5 °C | 37 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 37 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 61 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 8 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 50 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 30 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novocherkassk?
Novocherkassk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 498 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novocherkassk?
The hottest day measured in Novocherkassk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2025, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novocherkassk?
The coldest day measured in Novocherkassk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.3 °C.
Does it snow in Novocherkassk?
Yes. Novocherkassk gets on average 62.8 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Novocherkassk warmed?
Yes: Novocherkassk warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novocherkassk?
The wettest day measured in Novocherkassk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2021, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novocherkassk?
The windiest day measured in Novocherkassk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1997, with winds reaching 54.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novocherkassk?
The warmest month in Novocherkassk is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Novocherkassk?
Novocherkassk receives on average 498 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novocherkassk?
Novocherkassk gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Novocherkassk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novocherkassk between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2020, with 20.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novocherkassk?
Yes: Novocherkassk has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novocherkassk?
In Novocherkassk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 15 August 1948, and the lowest was -42.0 °C on 10 January 1940.
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