Piterka climate — normals and trends
Piterka (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 390 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Piterka averages 152 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Piterka has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 165 to 139 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -41.4 °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
PiterkaSaratov Oblast
- coords
- 50.68°, 47.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
390mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
33.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
152 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
42.6 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-41.4 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
38 mm
12 July 2019
Windiest day
69.2 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
27 July 1971
Coldest feels-like
-46.9 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
11 December 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.1 °C | +7.4 °C | 18 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -4.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 22 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +8.3 °C | 32 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 17 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 26 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 53 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 8 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 36 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +5.9 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | -1.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 31 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Piterka?
Piterka has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 390 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piterka?
The hottest day measured in Piterka between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Piterka?
The coldest day measured in Piterka between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -41.4 °C.
Does it snow in Piterka?
Yes. Piterka gets on average 88.3 cm of snow per year and has around 152 frost days.
Has the climate of Piterka warmed?
Yes: Piterka warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Piterka?
The wettest day measured in Piterka between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2019, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Piterka?
The windiest day measured in Piterka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 69.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Piterka?
The warmest month in Piterka is July (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Piterka?
Piterka receives on average 390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Piterka?
Piterka 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 Piterka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Piterka between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2013, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Piterka?
Yes: Piterka has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piterka?
In Piterka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 27 July 1971, and the lowest was -46.9 °C on 11 January 1940.
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