Petrovskaya climate — normals and trends
Petrovskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 525 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Petrovskaya averages 75 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Petrovskaya has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 6 August 2017) and the coldest -31.9 °C (on 10 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
PetrovskayaKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 45.43°, 37.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
525mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
41.0 °C
6 August 2017
Coldest day
-31.9 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
57 mm
26 November 1955
Windiest day
56.8 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
4 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-38.6 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.0 cm
21 February 2004
Sunniest day
15.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 27 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | -2.9 °C | 21 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 52 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 66 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 9 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 35 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 52 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 7 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 41 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petrovskaya?
Petrovskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 525 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petrovskaya?
The hottest day measured in Petrovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2017, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petrovskaya?
The coldest day measured in Petrovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -31.9 °C.
Does it snow in Petrovskaya?
Yes. Petrovskaya gets on average 31.9 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Petrovskaya warmed?
Yes: Petrovskaya warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petrovskaya?
The wettest day measured in Petrovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1955, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petrovskaya?
The windiest day measured in Petrovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 56.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petrovskaya?
The warmest month in Petrovskaya is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Petrovskaya?
Petrovskaya receives on average 525 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petrovskaya?
Petrovskaya gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Petrovskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petrovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2004, with 15.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petrovskaya?
Yes: Petrovskaya has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petrovskaya?
In Petrovskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 4 July 1954, and the lowest was -38.6 °C on 10 January 1940.
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