Novy Urengoy climate — normals and trends
Novy Urengoy (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -6.8 °C and it receives 463 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 (15.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Novy Urengoy averages 247 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Novy Urengoy has warmed by +3.2 °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 254 to 240 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 15 July 1990) and the coldest -54.9 °C (on 11 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
Novy UrengoyYamalo-Nenets
- coords
- 66.08°, 76.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-6.8°C
Average daily high
-3.4°C
Average daily low
-10.5°C
Annual rainfall
463mm
Sunshine / day
6.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
27.7km/h
Seasonal range
40.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
247 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
150.6 cm
Average feels-like high
-8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-16.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.8 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
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
35.2 °C
15 July 1990
Coldest day
-54.9 °C
11 January 1987
Wettest day
61 mm
16 July 1960
Windiest day
113.5 km/h
7 May 1940
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
11 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
35.7 °C
21 June 1955
Coldest feels-like
-60.5 °C
11 January 1987
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
11 May 1990
Sunniest day
21.3 h
17 June 2008
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 | -18.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 33 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | -14.4 °C | +6.4 °C | 29 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | -8.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 25 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | -4.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 52 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 1.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 39 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 16.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 54 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 18.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 70 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | +5.2 °C | 30 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 11.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 62 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | -0.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | -14.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 35 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | -20.9 °C | -1.8 °C | 32 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novy Urengoy?
Novy Urengoy has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -6.8 °C and it receives 463 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novy Urengoy?
The hottest day measured in Novy Urengoy between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1990, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novy Urengoy?
The coldest day measured in Novy Urengoy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1987, at -54.9 °C.
Does it snow in Novy Urengoy?
Yes. Novy Urengoy gets on average 150.6 cm of snow per year and has around 247 frost days.
Has the climate of Novy Urengoy warmed?
Yes: Novy Urengoy warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novy Urengoy?
The wettest day measured in Novy Urengoy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1960, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novy Urengoy?
The windiest day measured in Novy Urengoy between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1940, with winds reaching 113.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novy Urengoy?
The warmest month in Novy Urengoy is July (15.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-25.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Novy Urengoy?
Novy Urengoy receives on average 463 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novy Urengoy?
Novy Urengoy gets on average 6.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,190 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Novy Urengoy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novy Urengoy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1990, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novy Urengoy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Novy Urengoy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novy Urengoy?
In Novy Urengoy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 21 June 1955, and the lowest was -60.5 °C on 11 January 1987.
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