Okhotsk climate — normals and trends
Okhotsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -3.8 °C and it receives 608 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 August (13.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-20.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Okhotsk averages 220 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Okhotsk has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 235 to 205 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.5 °C (on 30 June 2008) and the coldest -38.0 °C (on 28 January 1948).
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
OkhotskKhabarovsk
- coords
- 59.36°, 143.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-3.8°C
Average daily high
-1.7°C
Average daily low
-5.8°C
Annual rainfall
608mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
34.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
220 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
165.8 cm
Average feels-like high
-5.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-10.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
23.5 °C
30 June 2008
Coldest day
-38.0 °C
28 January 1948
Wettest day
78 mm
15 July 1961
Windiest day
69.4 km/h
14 December 1961
Strongest gust
114.1 km/h
14 December 1961
Hottest feels-like
24.7 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-43.7 °C
28 January 1948
Snowiest day
31.0 cm
21 November 1990
Sunniest day
17.3 h
19 June 2004
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 | -16.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 13 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | -12.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 8 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | -9.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 39 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 0.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 61 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 3.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 65 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 10.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 67 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 13.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 240 mm | +158 mm |
| Aug | 15.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 168 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 12.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 59 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 1.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 7 mm | -61 mm |
| Nov | -9.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | -9.7 °C | +6.4 °C | 130 mm | +102 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Okhotsk?
Okhotsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -3.8 °C and it receives 608 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Okhotsk?
The hottest day measured in Okhotsk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2008, reaching 23.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Okhotsk?
The coldest day measured in Okhotsk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1948, at -38.0 °C.
Does it snow in Okhotsk?
Yes. Okhotsk gets on average 165.8 cm of snow per year and has around 220 frost days.
Has the climate of Okhotsk warmed?
Yes: Okhotsk warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Okhotsk?
The wettest day measured in Okhotsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1961, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Okhotsk?
The windiest day measured in Okhotsk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1961, with winds reaching 69.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Okhotsk?
The warmest month in Okhotsk is August (13.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-20.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Okhotsk?
Okhotsk receives on average 608 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Okhotsk?
Okhotsk gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Okhotsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Okhotsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1990, with 31.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Okhotsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Okhotsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Okhotsk?
In Okhotsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 24.7 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -43.7 °C on 28 January 1948.
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