Orenburg climate — normals and trends
Orenburg (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 410 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Orenburg averages 168 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Orenburg 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 178 to 158 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 8 July 2011) and the coldest -42.3 °C (on 12 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
OrenburgOrenburg Oblast
- coords
- 51.77°, 55.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
410mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
35.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
168 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
8 July 2011
Coldest day
-42.3 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
45 mm
23 June 1973
Windiest day
57.9 km/h
16 March 1968
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
11 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-48.3 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
24 February 1952
Sunniest day
15.5 h
16 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.5 °C | +6.4 °C | 35 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -5.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 24 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 4.8 °C | +6.5 °C | 30 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +6.3 °C | 24 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 45 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 53 mm | +18 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 39 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 27 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 43 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | -4.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 48 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orenburg?
Orenburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 410 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orenburg?
The hottest day measured in Orenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2011, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orenburg?
The coldest day measured in Orenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -42.3 °C.
Does it snow in Orenburg?
Yes. Orenburg gets on average 110.9 cm of snow per year and has around 168 frost days.
Has the climate of Orenburg warmed?
Yes: Orenburg warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orenburg?
The wettest day measured in Orenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1973, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orenburg?
The windiest day measured in Orenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1968, with winds reaching 57.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orenburg?
The warmest month in Orenburg is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Orenburg?
Orenburg receives on average 410 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orenburg?
Orenburg gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Orenburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Orenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1952, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Orenburg?
Yes: Orenburg has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orenburg?
In Orenburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 11 July 2020, and the lowest was -48.3 °C on 12 January 1940.
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