Orlovskiy climate — normals and trends
Orlovskiy (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 484 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Orlovskiy averages 107 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Orlovskiy has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 1 August 2015) and the coldest -36.0 °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
OrlovskiyRostov Oblast
- coords
- 46.87°, 42.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
484mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
40 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
40.9 °C
1 August 2015
Coldest day
-36.0 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
42 mm
17 June 2021
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
6 March 1954
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
10 March 2000
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
2 August 1954
Coldest feels-like
-41.2 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.3 cm
10 January 1998
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 21 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 24 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +6.0 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 55 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 57 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 5 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 8 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 45 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 11 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orlovskiy?
Orlovskiy has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 484 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orlovskiy?
The hottest day measured in Orlovskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2015, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orlovskiy?
The coldest day measured in Orlovskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -36.0 °C.
Does it snow in Orlovskiy?
Yes. Orlovskiy gets on average 57.5 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Orlovskiy warmed?
Yes: Orlovskiy warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orlovskiy?
The wettest day measured in Orlovskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2021, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orlovskiy?
The windiest day measured in Orlovskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1954, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orlovskiy?
The warmest month in Orlovskiy is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Orlovskiy?
Orlovskiy receives on average 484 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orlovskiy?
Orlovskiy 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 Orlovskiy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Orlovskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1998, with 14.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Orlovskiy?
Yes: Orlovskiy has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orlovskiy?
In Orlovskiy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 2 August 1954, and the lowest was -41.2 °C on 11 January 1940.
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