Plavsk climate — normals and trends
Plavsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 644 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Plavsk averages 157 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Plavsk has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 173 to 141 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -41.9 °C (on 17 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
PlavskTula Oblast
- coords
- 53.71°, 37.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
644mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
157 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
123.7 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
38.5 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-41.9 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
15 August 2016
Windiest day
59.5 km/h
12 February 1969
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.2 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.5 cm
2 October 1998
Sunniest day
16.4 h
24 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 °C | +7.8 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | -4.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 10 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +7.7 °C | 54 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 24 mm | -36 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 136 mm | +67 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 97 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 124 mm | +56 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | 9.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 90 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 60 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | -1.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 46 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Plavsk?
Plavsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 644 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plavsk?
The hottest day measured in Plavsk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Plavsk?
The coldest day measured in Plavsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -41.9 °C.
Does it snow in Plavsk?
Yes. Plavsk gets on average 123.7 cm of snow per year and has around 157 frost days.
Has the climate of Plavsk warmed?
Yes: Plavsk warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Plavsk?
The wettest day measured in Plavsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2016, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Plavsk?
The windiest day measured in Plavsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1969, with winds reaching 59.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Plavsk?
The warmest month in Plavsk is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Plavsk?
Plavsk receives on average 644 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Plavsk?
Plavsk gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Plavsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plavsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 1998, with 20.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Plavsk?
Yes: Plavsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plavsk?
In Plavsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 6 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.2 °C on 17 January 1940.
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