Oryol climate — normals and trends
Oryol (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 641 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Oryol averages 151 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Oryol has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 168 to 134 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -40.1 °C (on 17 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
OryolOryol oblast
- coords
- 52.97°, 36.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.6°C
Average daily high
9.4°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
641mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
20.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
151 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
115.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
38.2 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-40.1 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
46 mm
22 August 2025
Windiest day
58.7 km/h
26 January 1987
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
16 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-45.7 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
13 December 1979
Sunniest day
16.2 h
25 June 2010
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 | 1.9 °C | +7.5 °C | 27 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | -3.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +7.7 °C | 64 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 48 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 31 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 20.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 129 mm | +59 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 67 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 130 mm | +63 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 15 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 94 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 54 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | -0.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 48 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oryol?
Oryol has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 641 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oryol?
The hottest day measured in Oryol between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oryol?
The coldest day measured in Oryol between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -40.1 °C.
Does it snow in Oryol?
Yes. Oryol gets on average 115.8 cm of snow per year and has around 151 frost days.
Has the climate of Oryol warmed?
Yes: Oryol warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oryol?
The wettest day measured in Oryol between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2025, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oryol?
The windiest day measured in Oryol between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1987, with winds reaching 58.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oryol?
The warmest month in Oryol is July (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Oryol?
Oryol receives on average 641 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oryol?
Oryol gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oryol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oryol between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1979, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oryol?
Yes: Oryol has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oryol?
In Oryol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 16 July 1951, and the lowest was -45.7 °C on 17 January 1940.
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