Opochka climate — normals and trends
Opochka (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 690 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Opochka averages 140 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Opochka has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 121 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -41.9 °C (on 16 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
OpochkaPskov Oblast
- coords
- 56.71°, 28.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.6°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
690mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.9 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
30 July 1945
Windiest day
51.3 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
13 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-47.0 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
2 April 1941
Sunniest day
16.7 h
27 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | +6.6 °C | 70 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 58 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 43 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 150 mm | +88 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | -1.2 °C | 146 mm | +71 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 158 mm | +75 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 74 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 28 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 52 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 49 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Opochka?
Opochka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Opochka?
The hottest day measured in Opochka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Opochka?
The coldest day measured in Opochka between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -41.9 °C.
Does it snow in Opochka?
Yes. Opochka gets on average 112.7 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Opochka warmed?
Yes: Opochka warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Opochka?
The wettest day measured in Opochka between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1945, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Opochka?
The windiest day measured in Opochka between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 51.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Opochka?
The warmest month in Opochka is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Opochka?
Opochka receives on average 690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Opochka?
Opochka gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Opochka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Opochka between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1941, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Opochka?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Opochka.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Opochka?
In Opochka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 13 July 2021, and the lowest was -47.0 °C on 16 January 1940.
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