Poletayevo climate — normals and trends
Poletayevo (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.4 °C and it receives 478 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Poletayevo averages 185 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Poletayevo has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 196 to 174 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -43.8 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
PoletayevoChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.03°, 61.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.4°C
Average daily high
6.7°C
Average daily low
-2.1°C
Annual rainfall
478mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
34.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
185 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.6 cm
Average feels-like high
3.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
39.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-43.8 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
49 mm
25 June 1964
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
30 April 2012
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
30 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-49.1 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
3 May 1941
Sunniest day
16.0 h
26 June 2025
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 | -5.3 °C | +6.7 °C | 24 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -4.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 4 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 3.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 34 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 52 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 123 mm | +61 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 104 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 58 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 9.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 2.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 35 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | -7.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 33 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poletayevo?
Poletayevo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.4 °C and it receives 478 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poletayevo?
The hottest day measured in Poletayevo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poletayevo?
The coldest day measured in Poletayevo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -43.8 °C.
Does it snow in Poletayevo?
Yes. Poletayevo gets on average 95.6 cm of snow per year and has around 185 frost days.
Has the climate of Poletayevo warmed?
Yes: Poletayevo warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poletayevo?
The wettest day measured in Poletayevo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1964, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poletayevo?
The windiest day measured in Poletayevo between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2012, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poletayevo?
The warmest month in Poletayevo is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Poletayevo?
Poletayevo receives on average 478 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poletayevo?
Poletayevo gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Poletayevo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poletayevo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1941, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Poletayevo?
Yes: Poletayevo has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poletayevo?
In Poletayevo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 11 July 2023, and the lowest was -49.1 °C on 1 January 1979.
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