Plast climate — normals and trends
Plast (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.6 °C and it receives 453 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Plast averages 186 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Plast 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 197 to 175 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 29 July 1952) and the coldest -44.4 °C (on 20 January 2006).
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
PlastChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 54.37°, 60.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.6°C
Average daily high
7.2°C
Average daily low
-2.1°C
Annual rainfall
453mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
34.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
186 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.4 cm
Average feels-like high
3.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.9 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest day
-44.4 °C
20 January 2006
Wettest day
59 mm
12 June 1956
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
25 April 2014
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-49.2 °C
20 January 2006
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
6 November 1997
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 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 | -5.1 °C | +6.6 °C | 19 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -5.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 10 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 4.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 28 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +5.6 °C | 43 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 101 mm | +43 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 64 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 61 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 45 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 9.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 3.3 °C | +5.9 °C | 37 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -7.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 33 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Plast?
Plast has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.6 °C and it receives 453 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plast?
The hottest day measured in Plast between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1952, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Plast?
The coldest day measured in Plast between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2006, at -44.4 °C.
Does it snow in Plast?
Yes. Plast gets on average 91.4 cm of snow per year and has around 186 frost days.
Has the climate of Plast warmed?
Yes: Plast warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Plast?
The wettest day measured in Plast between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1956, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Plast?
The windiest day measured in Plast between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Plast?
The warmest month in Plast is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Plast?
Plast receives on average 453 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Plast?
Plast gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Plast?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plast between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1997, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Plast?
Yes: Plast has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plast?
In Plast, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -49.2 °C on 20 January 2006.
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