Petropavlovka climate — normals and trends
Petropavlovka (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.9 °C and it receives 385 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Petropavlovka averages 224 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Petropavlovka has warmed by +2.1 °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 230 to 218 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 24 July 1999) and the coldest -46.2 °C (on 8 January 2001).
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
PetropavlovkaBuryatiya Republic
- coords
- 50.61°, 105.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.9°C
Average daily high
5.5°C
Average daily low
-7.0°C
Annual rainfall
385mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
40.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
224 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.6 cm
Average feels-like high
2.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-10.6 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
36.7 °C
24 July 1999
Coldest day
-46.2 °C
8 January 2001
Wettest day
66 mm
23 July 2019
Windiest day
40.9 km/h
29 April 2011
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
29 April 2011
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
24 July 1999
Coldest feels-like
-51.4 °C
8 January 2001
Snowiest day
26.1 cm
5 October 1947
Sunniest day
16.0 h
5 June 1940
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 | -12.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -9.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 2.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 11 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 32 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 58 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 36 mm | -58 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 94 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 60 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 3.0 °C | -3.2 °C | 15 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | -2.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 24 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -12.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petropavlovka?
Petropavlovka has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.9 °C and it receives 385 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petropavlovka?
The hottest day measured in Petropavlovka between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1999, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petropavlovka?
The coldest day measured in Petropavlovka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2001, at -46.2 °C.
Does it snow in Petropavlovka?
Yes. Petropavlovka gets on average 48.6 cm of snow per year and has around 224 frost days.
Has the climate of Petropavlovka warmed?
Yes: Petropavlovka warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petropavlovka?
The wettest day measured in Petropavlovka between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2019, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petropavlovka?
The windiest day measured in Petropavlovka between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2011, with winds reaching 40.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petropavlovka?
The warmest month in Petropavlovka is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Petropavlovka?
Petropavlovka receives on average 385 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petropavlovka?
Petropavlovka gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Petropavlovka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petropavlovka between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1947, with 26.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petropavlovka?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Petropavlovka.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petropavlovka?
In Petropavlovka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 24 July 1999, and the lowest was -51.4 °C on 8 January 2001.
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