Pokrovskoye climate — normals and trends
Pokrovskoye (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 496 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Pokrovskoye averages 111 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Pokrovskoye has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 127 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 10 August 2010) and the coldest -35.1 °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
PokrovskoyeRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.41°, 38.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
496mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
39.6 °C
10 August 2010
Coldest day
-35.1 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
49 mm
24 May 1992
Windiest day
54.0 km/h
24 September 2014
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-41.6 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.3 cm
18 January 1959
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +6.5 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | -1.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 27 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +6.7 °C | 27 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 47 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 53 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 5 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 5 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 10 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 53 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 14 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 32 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pokrovskoye?
Pokrovskoye has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 496 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pokrovskoye?
The hottest day measured in Pokrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2010, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pokrovskoye?
The coldest day measured in Pokrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.1 °C.
Does it snow in Pokrovskoye?
Yes. Pokrovskoye gets on average 57.9 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Pokrovskoye warmed?
Yes: Pokrovskoye warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pokrovskoye?
The wettest day measured in Pokrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1992, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pokrovskoye?
The windiest day measured in Pokrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2014, with winds reaching 54.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pokrovskoye?
The warmest month in Pokrovskoye is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Pokrovskoye?
Pokrovskoye receives on average 496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pokrovskoye?
Pokrovskoye gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pokrovskoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pokrovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1959, with 20.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pokrovskoye?
Yes: Pokrovskoye has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pokrovskoye?
In Pokrovskoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 13 July 2025, and the lowest was -41.6 °C on 10 January 1940.
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