Petrovskoye climate — normals and trends
Petrovskoye (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.2 °C and it receives 636 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Petrovskoye averages 163 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Petrovskoye has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 177 to 149 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -43.7 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
PetrovskoyeYaroslavl Oblast
- coords
- 57.01°, 39.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.2°C
Average daily high
7.7°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
636mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
130.2 cm
Average feels-like high
4.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-43.7 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
60 mm
24 July 1951
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
21 November 2024
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
13 November 1983
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-49.0 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
19 October 1982
Sunniest day
17.0 h
23 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 | 0.3 °C | +7.7 °C | 42 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | +6.7 °C | 32 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 56 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 89 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 121 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 63 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 83 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | -44 mm |
| Oct | 8.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 60 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -0.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petrovskoye?
Petrovskoye has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.2 °C and it receives 636 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petrovskoye?
The hottest day measured in Petrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petrovskoye?
The coldest day measured in Petrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -43.7 °C.
Does it snow in Petrovskoye?
Yes. Petrovskoye gets on average 130.2 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Petrovskoye warmed?
Yes: Petrovskoye warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petrovskoye?
The wettest day measured in Petrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1951, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petrovskoye?
The windiest day measured in Petrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2024, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petrovskoye?
The warmest month in Petrovskoye is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Petrovskoye?
Petrovskoye receives on average 636 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petrovskoye?
Petrovskoye 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 Petrovskoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1982, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petrovskoye?
Yes: Petrovskoye has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petrovskoye?
In Petrovskoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -49.0 °C on 17 January 1940.
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